Word: banners
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...possible the colleges have been arranged in groups of four of about equal strength. To the winner in each group will be given a silk banner as a college trophy; and each member of the winning team will be given a gold watch. The prizes for members of the team finishing second will be silver cups. If but three colleges are entered in any group no second prizes will be given. If but two are entered the prizes will be silver cups...
AMHERST, MASS., March 20. - Amherst's annual heavy gymnastic contest was held this afternoon. Mainly through the excellent work of C. B. Adams the juniors won the class banner with 46 points. Adams was declared the college gymnast, in recognition of his work...
MESSRS. Noyes Bros., Cor. Washington and Summer streets, Boston, have made special for Harvard men, for the Harvard and Yale game, "of which Harvard are sure winners this year," a very attractive flag or banner, 3-4 of a yard long, 1-2 a yard wide, in the Harvard crimson color, with the letter "H" mounted on a four-foot staff, which is also in the Harvard color, the whole thing being most attractive and serviceable, which they shall retail at 25 cents each...
...There were sixty-six entries last year, and there will probably be more this year. Entries are expected from thirteen schools and must be in before April 20. For first prize a silver cup is offered, for second a racquet; and for the school winning the most points a banner. Mr. Whittelsey will as usual act as referee...
...past years that, while Yale has had fewer students than Harvard, her students have yet represented more states and a larger proportion than at Harvard have come from sections of the country distant from the university. A careful study of the figures, which are taken from the Yale Banner and the Harvard Catalogue, proves beyond question that this year the conditions are exactly reversed. Dividing the country, as we have done for convenience, into four sections, the figures show that in every section Harvard leads Yale in the number of students and that in the West and South where Yale...