Word: contend
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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This afternoon the final game of the class series will be played between the Juniors and the Freshmen. The contest should prove a close one. The Freshman team is probably the stronger of the two, but it must contend against the inherent prestige of the upper class, and the greater experience of the Junior players. The 1901 eleven will therefore hardly do itself justice without the moral support of a friendly crowd back of it. The Freshman class will do well to bear in mind then that the place for them this afternoon is Soldiers Field. They are represented...
That these courses have somewhat infringed upon the clubs is granted. But we contend that English 30 and English 6 do not give full vent to the interest in debating which might easily be aroused. In the first place there are waiting lists of men who can not be admitted to the courses. Furthermore; we think that many are deterred even from applying for admission, because the work is exceedingly formal and laborious, because the discipline is notoriously strict, and because the hour is 3.30 to 6 or 6.30. These are features alike necessary and uninviting...
...papers, but I am absolutely sure that no Harvard man would lie about his college. The motto "Veritas," behind which the writer in the Graduates' Magazine would hide, is as dear to the student correspondent as to any other undergraduate, or to any graduate; and has, I contend, been as well upheld...
...discussing the specific proposition, the affirmative of which Harvard is here to uphold, we wish it understood at the outset that we do not share in the extravagant pretensions popularly set up for arbitration. We do not contend that a permanent court will extinguish the war power. We recognize that international arbitration is suited to a limited class of cases. No nation should or can bind itself to submit to arbitration its own existence or territorial integrity or questions of internal policy involved in insurrection or civil...
...unprotected places and govern himself accordingly. Obstacles are thrown in his way which must be overcome; and when, in addition he grows weary from physical fatigue, he must force himself to do what but a few moments before required no especial effort. Football teaches a man, therefore, how to contend against opposition from himself. It teaches, or should teach him, self-denial and self-control...