Word: undertook
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Dates: during 1882-1882
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About eight years ago a Boston gentleman undertook to settle definitely the question of the results of training upon the health. In order to do this he obtained statistics regarding a large number of boating men of both Harvard and Yale, and also much information regarding their general health. All of the facts ascertained by him tended to show that the effect of hard training upon the health was undoubtedly beneficial, and that on an average the expectation of life of these men, carefully considered, was exceeded by many years...
...from the poles and Keith missed the goal. In the second three-quarters Harvard played magnificently, Kendall, Cabot and Ayers doing splendid tackling, while Wesselhoeft gained ground every time he touched the ball. The Princeton men felt the strain and devoted themselves entirely to the defense. Captain Peace undertook the "block game," so characteristic of Princeton, and with wonderful coolness and tact held the ball nearly thirty minutes, touching back repeatedly, to the lively disgust of the spectators. His game was a strong one, however, and nothing but the pluck of the Harvard men saved them from defeat. Their tackling...
...next volume in the "English Men of Letters" will be "Macaulay," which Mr. John Cotter Morison undertook when Mr. Morley found himself unable...
...that their tour has been the greatest as yet undertaken, even surpassing in length the distance travelled by Gregory's team in 1878. They left Melbourne March 17, and are due in Sydney Nov. 16. During the eight months the Australians will have travelled 35,300 miles. The team undertook no fewer than ninety-eight journeys in England and Scotland, making an aggregate of 5,786 miles, and playing in twenty-nine different cities and towns...
Edward T. Smith, a law student at Charlotte, has begun a suit against Olivet College for $10,000 damages, claimed to have been sustained by the action of the faculty in suspending him from the college on false charges. Smith claims that the faculty undertook to extort money from him in settlement of a groundless charge, and, not succeeding, suspended him and he was obliged to leave school. It is understood that he will also begin suits against two or three members of the faculty personally, unless their further services shall be dispensed with by the board of trustees...