Word: contend
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...evils with which we all have to contend is the book-agent pest. Despite the numerous notices to the effect that the presence of these men is not desired, their calls have lately become as regular as the delivery of the college mail. Besides this, the books are generally listed at extremely high prices, which is obviously necessary in order to pay a large commission to the agent; and, moreover, students are regularly prevailed upon to buy books for which they have no particular need. This is especially true of Freshmen before the glamour of their new surroundings has worn...
...dormitory bumping races was rowed upstream yesterday afternoon, over the one and three-eighths mile course, finishing at the end of the long stretch beyond the second bend. On account of the roughness of the water and the strength of the head-wind against which the crews had to contend, the rowing was not as good as might have been hoped. Owing to the fact that the men in the foremost boats were unable to hear the pistol fired from the launch, the starts in both divisions were unfair. In the case of the second division, the pistol was fired...
...insinuate that the members of the Freshman Class are the only ones guilty of these midnight gatherings on street-corners, where the sole qualification for leadership is a loud voice and an untiring purpose to wake every student within a radius of several blocks. Nor do we wish to contend that the winning of a class crew race is not a better cause for organized noise than the underlying motives for many of the other noisy gatherings, which almost nightly postpone or disturb our slumbers...
...contend that it would be necessarily advisable for the University teams concerned in the major sports, to leave the Union. As a previous writer has well said, "the Union has proved in all ways satisfactory as the home of the training table." But for the larger needs of the minor and class team tables which the Union cannot accommodate, Memorial Hall offers an opportunity for a satisfactory training table, at cost. C. C. COLBY...
...more than two of the periods into which the athletic year is divided. It is difficult to see what cap be said in defense of this rule. I have heard it argued that it was propounded because it is physically unwise to remain in training throughout the year. I contend that this is not borne out by existing facts. I have talked with several medical men on the subject and their opinion is unanimous in declaring that there is no physiological reason why constant training should be injurious. The English athlete keeps in training throughout the year. True, he does...