Word: contesting
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...MARQUAND, the winner of the first essay prize on "Utilitarianism" at the literary contest in New York, was stroke of the Princeton crew at the last intercollegiate regatta...
...occasion we have no wish to criticise; though from the reports the papers have brought us we should infer the absence of some of the older colleges and their salutary restraint on the ebullitions of undergraduate boyishness. The particulars of the evening of the literary contest have been read by the interested or curious, and indicate a thoroughly American institution. It is nearly a year since the preliminary meeting of the "Intercollegiate Literary Association" was held in Hartford, and before any due discussion was had on the advisability of literary contests, steps were taken to inaugurate them. Harvard, in common...
...said on the educational principles involved, that it devolves on us with double force to keep widely distinct the best purpose they may serve and the unimportant use they may have first been put to. Yet, even in this spirit there seems less of promise in these contests than their most ardent friends among us, if there be any such, could reasonably expect. A singular apathy in regard to the whole contest is as apparent as it is wide-spread. Whether or not this apathy is without good foundation will be somewhat tested, we think, during the next few months...
...interest awakened by these contests would insure the constant attendance of a large number of people, desirous of speculating upon the chances of the various competitors, and, after the award, of critically examining the personal appearance and peculiarities of the victors. The establishment of such a plan as I have suggested would at once give pleasure, in providing the students with quite a new field for contest, and secure profit, by transferring a little of the surplus wealth of the novelty-seeking public to the coffers of the University...
Field Marshal, Mr. F. S. Watson, '75; Members of the Field Committee, F. R. Appleton, '75, G. W. Green, '76, S. Butler, 77, E. O. Richards, '78. The Field Committee at once decided on the contests for the fall meeting, which is to take place on Jarvis Field, at three o'clock, Friday afternoon, October 23. These contests will be as follows: one hundred yard running race, high jump, one mile running race, running long jump, hurdle race of one hundred and twenty yards over ten hurdles, throwing a base-ball, two mile running race, consolation race of one half...