Word: solid
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1890-1899
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Winter street, Boston. They are eleven loving cups, one to be presented to each man who played in either the Yale or Princeton game; that is, to the nine that played in the Yale game, and to Wiggin and Hovey. They cups are all of the same size, and solid silver, Captain Frothingham's in addition being gold rolled. The wording on each cup is the same. On one side is engraved, "1893, Baseball Championship, Harvard, Yale, Princeton." Below this is a fancy H. U. B. B. C. monogram, and beneath this the player's name and position...
...this great truth upon men, both were so catholic in spirit that their mourners count themselves of every and even of no religious belief, and both were characterized by a divine simplicity. Their noble natures were at home upon the heights,-the passionate fervor of the one, and the solid tranquillity of the other were but the natural expression of their souls...
...Frank Wells, '64, has presented the Harvard Athletic Association with a new cup to be competed for by the four classes of the college. Unlike most athletic prizes, this cup is of solid silver, standing some eight inches high and having two handles. It will be called the Well's Cup, and is now on exhibition in Leavitt and Peirce's window...
...solid silver shield is offered by the B. A. A. for the school scoring the most points. The shield is competed for annually, and shall be held each year by the school scoring the most points on the basis of five for first, three for second and one for third prize. At the end of nine years the school having won it the greatest number of times shall be declared the final holder...
COSMOPOLITAN.The Cosmopolitan for March is a very good magazine. It contains enough solid and instructive reading for a month, with just enough fiction and poetry scattered through it to make a pleasant variety. For the most part the illustrations are excellent, the only ones to criticise are those in "Conquered," which are stiff and rather unnatural. The list of contributors alone is enough to insure an unusually good number, for among them are E. E. Hale, Frank Dempster Sherman, Brander Matthews, and W. D. Howells. The leading article of the number is "Berlin" by Friedrich Spielhagen. The most prominent feature...