Word: rivalling
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...athletic men. Next year regular gymnasium work will be prescribed by the college, and much curiosity is felt to know the outcome of this innovation. The present gymnasium, though good, is merely temporary, as a plan is on foot to build a new and expensive one, which will rival the Hemenway; the ground has been chosen, and work will be begun as soon as the necessary funds are raised...
...proposed race offers very evident advantages, while to Harvard it offers extra work and probably extra expense, without any great benefit that we can see. Perhaps the only argument that Harvard men can offer for the race is that it will be one more contest with their most distinguished rival. Such an argument, however, has weight. Probably a similar argument has also largely influenced the Yale freshmen in their recent action. If our freshmen find that one more race can be rowed by them without seriously increasing the strain and expense already necessary, we think that a race with Yale...
...record of 4 minutes, 40 seconds. Page, '88, holds the amateur championship of America in the running high jump, with the tremendous record of 6 feet, 1-4 in. Brenton, '88, is said to have cleared 21 feet, 4 inches, in the broad jump. Kohler, '87, is the rival of Renton of the University of Pennsylvania in the bicycle race. As it is probable that neither Hamilton of Yale nor Dean of Harvard will enter, the contest lies between them...
...literature which deals with human life must always be the noblest literature; and, since the individual human life must always have a distinctness of interest, which cannot belong to any of the groups of human life, biography must always have a charm which no other kind of history can rival...
...making large strides to catch up with our older universities. Her endowment, if we mistake not, is already larger than Harvard's; she can pay her professors more; and living at Cornell is cheaper than here. All these advantages over us may in time make her a strong rival. But in spite of lack of means, poorly paid professors, and the high cost of living here, Harvard still has the priceless advantage of being the oldest seat of learning in the country. She has the largest and most famous body of alumni. Then in common with Yale...