Word: shields
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...permanent trophy, a silver shield given by Mr. I. L. Rice, came into the possession of the American team last year. It is now at the Boston Athletic Association and will probably be put on exhibition in Cambridge within a few days. In 1899 and 1900, the English team won; in 1901 the match was a draw, and last year the American universities won by the score of 4 1-2 to 1 1-2 games...
...policy, furthermore, will teach them that they cannot in their wrong-doing hide behind the shield of the Mon- roe Doctrine; that we will not protect them in the unjust repudiation of honest obligations. Let them once lose part of their territory as a result of their own wrongdoing and they will soon eradicate the evils from which the loss arose. Any policy which allows the debt to remain unpaid after the day set for payment, would mean nullification of the award of the Hague tribunal. Not only, then, will our policy do justice to European countries, but also will...
...Association gives a championship shield to the school winning the greatest number of points, and a cup to the winner of the tournament, who also earns the right, as Harvard interscholastic champion, to play at Newport in August for the interscholastic championship of the United States...
...living-room. The fountain, which has been approved by the architect of the Union, will be about three feet in height, of grey Tennessee marble in strict keeping with its intended surroundings. Over the shell-shaped bowl, and supported on either side by dolphins, is the University shield, carved in high relief on a background studded with objects symbolic of the sea. The whole piece is one of great beauty, and should add greatly to the general effect of the Union hall...
...most striking pieces of the exhibition is the heroic statue of King Arthur, the original of which is in the Hofkirche at Innsbruck. The figure is clad in full armor, the right hand resting on a shield bearing the arms of England. This statue and the effigy from the tomb of the Emperor Maximilian near it, were both executed by the famous sixteenth century sculptor, Peter Vischer. Another interesting piece is the figure of a Frankish warrior of the fifth century, dressed in the national costume and bearing an axe and spear, the original of which is in the Museum...