Word: withdrew
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Bachelder withdrew from the contest for the HERALD prize for general excellence, as he wished to spare himself for the double trapeze...
...series of beastly, barbaric, brutal boxing bouts. Those who do not wish to see the bruised, battered, bleeding bodies of the boxers borne to their barracks will please withdraw during the intermission of five minutes now given for that purpose.'" The five minutes passed, but no one withdrew. "The moral of this incident," says the Times, "is that ladies of undoubted culture and refinement can find something to admire and enjoy in spirited bouts of boxing, contested by gentlemen, in a style and spirit at once manly and gentlemanly...
...certain Harvard professors who have been connected with the paper. We find that Prof. Dunbar, who had been a regular contributor for several years previously, became an associate editor in 1861, and in 1864 became sole editor and part owner. In 1868, on account of impaired health, he withdrew from active service as editor, and in the following year permanently severed his editorial and business connections with the paper, when he accepted the Chair of Political Economy in the college. The first Washington correspondent of the Advertiser was Mr. Adams S. Hill, now Professor of Rhetoric. Mr. Howard M. Ticknor...
...prize series of base-ball games was completed last Saturday, and resulted as follows: First, '83; second, '84; third, '85; fourth, '86; fifth, agricultural department. Owing to a disputed decision of the directors, the medics withdrew their nine, and participated in none of the games. Since entering college the '83 nine has won fifteen victories and suffered, two defeats. Capt. Cushman of the university nine is practising his men but little now, expecting to put them in training in the gymnasium soon. Four of the university nine of last season were members of the class of '82-Mathewson, Parker, Partridge...
...York Tribune says editorially: "The college boat races this year will attract more than usual attention from persons who are interested in such matters. Since Yale and Harvard withdrew from the Inter-collegiate Rowing Association, after having decided that they did not like to be beaten, except in an exclusive way by each other, their crews have won three races each. This year the contest is the rubber. Yale, Harvard and Columbia now have their men in vigorous training. The crews are better than they were last season. Each has several men who have rowed in races before...