Word: widespread
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...that, by his faithful, untiring and skilful efforts, he has brought the club from a state of obscurity to a foremost position among the colleges of America, Whether successful or defeated, the unparalleled and matchless form displayed by the crews of the University of Pennsylvania has invariably elicited the widespread praise of the newspaper press of the country, and has on more than one occasion driven the boat over the finish ahead of more powerful but less skilful opponents. Believing that the prominent position occupied by the university is owing to one man alone, we offer him, our trainer, these...
...ought to have heard. The tendency in athletics is twofold. Among professionals, games as such are becoming scientific and business-like. In colleges interest in general athletics is becoming more universal. In art, the development of a people is not marked by a few exceptional works, but by the widespread dissemination of artistic taste, as among the Chinese and Japanese. In the same way the athletic development of a college should be estimated, not by the best single records, but by the extent of general athletic excellence throughout the college as a whole...
...devastation by the recent European floods is widespread and terrible. In Germany a large number of houses have been swept away, and thousands of persons have been driven away from their homes...
...spring, and some definiteness of programme laid out. If only the other college associations come forward and express themselves favorably, as we have good reason to believe they will, we will be promised with some very exciting contests next spring in a sport which is as popular and widespread as any other in college...