Word: rivalling
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...second University crew won the race for junior collegiate eights at the tenth Henley Regatta of the American Rowing Association over the course of a mile and 550 yards on the Schuylkill River Saturday afternoon, defeating its nearest rival, Columbia, by two lengths. The Harvard crew took a commanding lead at the start, and at the end of the first half-mile had the advantage of a length, while Columbia, Pennsylvania, Princeton and Yale were almost even. The second University crew's lead was never threatened from that time on, but the contest between the other crews was a keen...
...work of the second University crew at the Henley regatta on Saturday cannot be praised too highly. To win over the Columbia, Pennsylvania, Princeton and Yale crews entered and to finish two lengths ahead of its nearest rival, is a record of which the second eight may feel justly proud. To the members of the crew, and to Coach Wray and the men working with him, we extend our heartiest congratulations...
...hoped that this new organization will develop closer relations between the Harvard men from the rival schools than have been evident hitherto, and place Exeter and Andover upon more intimate terms with the University. To bring this about, men from the preparatory schools will be asked to speak at Cambridge at various times...
...Copper Pot" is a typical Advocate story, telling how husband and wife, each deciding on the same gift for the other, bid feverishly for a certain copper pot, and discover late in the proceedings the identity of the rival bidder...
...plot of the play is as follows: James Higdig, president of the Ice Trust, discovers that his men in Hugglesland have struck, thereby tying up the American ice supply. Henry Chalkstones, in love with Gloriana Griggs, who is in turn loved by Dardanelles Bixby, persuades Higdig to send his rival to Hugglesland to break the strike, leaving Gloriana...