Word: competitor
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...from coming out for practice. In all probability more candidates will present themselves when the weather is less threatening. The freshmen, however, must not wait for clear weather. The time for practice is short, and every day, fair or rainy, will be needed to make the eleven a fair competitor in the game with Yale...
...college club or athletic association shall play or compete with professionals. 3. No person shall assume the functions of trainer or instructor in athletics upon the grounds or within the buildings of the college without authority in writing from the committee. 4. No student shall enter as a competitor in any athletic sport, or join as an active member any college athletic club, including base-ball, football, cricket, lacrosse and rowing associations, without a previous examination by the director of the gymnasium and his permission so to do. 5. All match games, outside of Cambridge, shall be played upon Saturdays...
...Shooting Club has been given a cup to be awarded for excellence in "all-round" shooting with the shotgun, pistol and rifle. The shot-gun competition will be held at Watertown this afternoon, when each competitor will shoot at fifty clay birds. The pistol and rifle competitions will be held at Walnut Hill on May 26. Entries are free...
...earnest workers to over-exertion. Success renders them conceited: failure often makes them bitter and discouraged. The whole system practically amounts to a lottery where the time staked instead of being regarded as a means of culture and future usefulness is considered as almost thrown away if the mercenary competitor fails to draw a prize...
...April will be held the annual competition examination for the Rotch Scholarship for students in Architecture. This scholarship, founded in 1883 by the children of Benjamin S. Rotch, provides an annual fund of $1,000 for two years for the competitor who posses the best examination before the Boston Society of Architects. The fund is to be used in foreign travel and study. The examination are conducted under the direction of the Boston Society of Architects, and are held at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. The examination in April 5th is a preliminary test. A problem in design will...