Word: rival
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Flanery and others have seceded from the New York Lacrosse Club and in the spring will form as a rival the "Shamrock Lacrosse Club...
...HERALD is also here entered. The classified index to the maps in the library is continued, a collection in which the Harvard Library, we believe, excels all other libraries in America, the private collection of Dr. Labbarton in New York, though not approaching it in quantity, being its only rival in quality. A bibliography by Justin Winsor of "Ptolemy's Geography" with many curious titles appears. But the most interesting portion of this number of the Bulletin undoubtedly is the catalogue of "The Carlyle Collection," by W. C. Lane. The number of volumes entered is not great, but they...
...faculty, the writers have described it as an unwarranted war upon "professionalism," a fatal blow to college athletics, and several other equally emphatic statements, which go to show that the end and aim of college athletics to them is the attainment of so many victories over other rival teams. No matter how the average student may compare with those in a similar position in another seat of learning, unless the crimson waves incessantly at the masthead Harvard has hopelessly lost favor in their eyes...
...illustrated rival, the Spectator, has gained a high character from its illustrations, which are excellent, but there is still much to be desired in its editorial columns. A recent article entitled "Magoshville" was capital, and we hope for more from the same writer. We wish, for its own sake, that the Spectator would frankly say whether or not it is an undergraduate publication, for rumors are floating about that it is not, and we are forced to believe they have good foundation...
Another and but recent exchange, of which we can find little but good to say, is the Argo, from Williams. The Athenaeum has indeed a formidable rival, but the greatest good feeling prevails between them. The handsome appearance and clear typography of the Argo alone make it almost a pleasure to read it, but the contents are not behind the press work. We can only hope that continued success may attend Jason and his companions on their long voyage...