Word: won
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...well deserved. Few men in public life have ever received so high an expression of personal regard as that which now fell to Governor Russell's lot. Every other officer in the state government, with one unimportant exception, was a member of the opposing party. Governor Russell won because of his personal integrity and devotion to the highest interests of the state. Standing alone in this difficult position, he, by his tact and high character, made friends of his political opponents. In his speeches he spoke not as an orator in the accepted sense of the word, but he showed...
...Mark's won the toss and chose the side with the wind, and '99 kicked off. Two twenty-minute halves were played. '99 making one touchdown and kicking a goal in the first half, and scoring three more touchdowns in the second half. '99 made most of the gains through the tackles. St. Mark's never had the ball nearer '99's goal than the twenty-yard line and was completely outplayed...
Saturday afternoon the deciding match in doubles for the college championship was played off before a large audience. Holt and Ward, winners of the fall tournament, beat Ware and Scudder, last year's champions, 6-3, 7-5, 3-6, 1-6, 6-4. Holt and Ward won the first two sets by better net playing, the '99 pair being decidedly out of form. In the next two, however, matters were reversed. Holt and Ward could do nothing against their opponents' sharp volleys, and secured only four games...
...Harvard won the toss and chose the east goal with the wind. Fennell kicked off to Brown on Harvard's 10 yard line. Brown returned to McKeever, who fumbled, giving Harvard the ball on Cornell's 45 yard line. After another punt Tracy fumbled 10 yards from Cornell's goal and Lewis got the ball. Sullivan and Dunlop were given the ball, but Harvard lost the chance to score on downs...
...view of the good records of preceeding classes, both in successes won, and in the hard, conscientious work which made those successes possible, it is the more surprising that the present class fails to realize its responsibility...