Word: strenuousness
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...takes the place of the former picnic though the name Picnic still survives in the minds of many. Both the picnic and celebration have always been largely financed by the money extorted from the Freshman class when the pictures are taken. This year an hour and a half of strenuous supplication by the Seniors netted but the meager sum of $159.13, an amount hardly large enough to carry the entire celebration...
...After putting his lacrosse squad through what has probably been the most strenuous week of work that any group of Harvard stickwielder's has ever undergone, Coach Harry Herbert will run his men through only a very light work-out today in preparation for tomorrow's contest with Yale on Soldier's Field...
Chief interest centered around the struggle between Captain Bennett of Brown and Bond, the latter gaining the decision after three strenuous sets. It was a case of brilliance against steadiness, of clean placements against sure returns and steadiness...
After a week of strenuous practice, during which Coach Herbert has concentrated his effort on developing an attack, the University lacrosse team will leave for Princeton this afternoon to engage the Tiger stickmen in what will undoubtedly be the hardest game of the season...
...them in Western countries. But if you dress up Jack the Giant Killer in a sufficiently modern guise to give him at least a semblance of probability, the masses will love him as did their fathers and grandfathers. And to the fact that Tarzan takes his readers away from strenuous complicated modern life can be attributed the secret of his success. "In my opinion this alone proves the necessity for some dictatorship over the proletariat. On the other hand it appears that Tarzan is also extremely popular in America-but comparisons are odious." Walter Duranty, The New York Times correspondent...