Word: greatest
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...greatest disappointments was Grant's poor showing in the mile run. He was expected by Harvard to win five points but instead, he allowed himself to be outgeneraled by the Yale men, and did not get a place. Spitzer, a Yale man, set a very fast pace which Grant held for two laps. Spitzer then dropped out exhausted and the Yale men, passing Grant, easily won all three places. Another disappointment was Hoyt's inability to win any points in the pole vault...
...success of Princeton's representatives in the debate with Yale was received with the greatest enthusiasm by the students. A parade was formed, which marched over the campus and was briefly addressed by President Patton. The debaters worked hard in the face of recent defeats and well deserved their victory...
...schools were represented and one hundred and sixty individual entries were made. A feature of the day was the half-mile run, in which Hipper, of Barnard, the interscholastic champion, was defeated by Manvel, of Pingry. Lawrenceville won the handsome banner offered as a trophy by scoring the greatest number of points-33. Berkeley was second with 20 1-3 points, and Pingry third with...
Although the club has therefore lacked the two greatest incentives-that of representing their class against the freshman class of a rival university, or against its nearest rival class here, yet the members of the 1900 Freshman Debating Club have worked hard and have accomplished much. Their representatives tonight deserve the support of the whole class as much as though they were to debate against the class of '99 or against the Yale freshmen...
...work of the class crews comes to an end tomorrow when the annual class races are rowed over the two mile course in the basin. The men started work early in January and have been in strict training about six weeks. The greatest uncertainty prevails as to the outcome of the race. All four crews are well up to, if not above, the average, and all have worked hard and faithfully from the start. A great deal of praise is due to the coaches-Mr. Davis, Mr. Casey, and Mr. Storrow-for their work with the crews. Mr. Lehmann...