Word: best
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1900-1909
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Harvard Fencer's Club was defeated by the New York Fencer's Club 5 to 1 in a tournament held at the French Y. M. C. A. of New York Saturday evening. The occasion was the third annual competition for medals offered by the French organization for the best amateur junior team, each team being composed of three...
...best all round performances of the afternoon were made by J. P. Long '11 and C. C. Little '10, the former taking one first and three second places, the latter, two firsts and one third. J. K. Lewis, Jr., '11 did well in the hurdle events, winning the low hurdles event and taking second place in the high hurdles...
...some such scheme be worth trying? A thorough boom of cross-country running might set it permanently on its feet, and then we should no longer need to discuss its abolition, feeling sure that we were amply and ably represented in what is, after all, one of the best and oldest forms of sport known. M. S. CROSBY...
...Pasteur Medal, offered annually for the best ten-minute speech on contemporary French politics, was awarded last evening in the Fogg Lecture Room. The question discussed was as follows: "Resolved, That the French government should pass an income tax in order to distribute the burden of taxation more equitably...
...Berle, Jr., '13 was the third speaker and chose the affirmative for his argument. The present infairness to the French peasant could best be corrected by the income tax, yet this tax is felt much less by the rich man than by the poor man. There is an inequality of sacrifice. But the solution is that the rich man should be taxed more in proportion to his income. In this way the income tax would force the people to be perfectly honest. France's income would be increased and the national debt would be diminished. An income tax more nearly...