| 单词 | athletic contest |
| 例句 | “I do believe, however, that the newspaper sponsors an athletic contest in the spring, Anthony. We’ll be sure to participate in that one as well,” Mrs. Grayson promised. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z If we referred to the athletic contests around us, it was with sarcasm. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z It happened that soon after their arrival Perseus heard that the King of Larissa, in the North, was holding a great athletic contest, and he journeyed there to take part. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z There were times during athletic contests when two of the athletes became aware that the true contest was between them and that their team would win or lose according to the quality of their performance. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z On Libra, if people felt hostile, they would be urged to put their energies into athletic contests or other competitive events, or simply to let off steam by going flying. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z With my mother’s help, I began entering contests—anti-littering-poster contests, poetry and essay contests, athletic contests, drawing and even coloring contests—and I won a surprising number of them. The Battle Hymn of the Papier-Mâché Mother 2014-11-21T05:00:00Z If the game is as much a social outing as an athletic contest, then this is your place. Ventnor Sports Cafe: A pub that does right by its grub (and its drinks) 2016-02-04T05:00:00Z And which spectacle do we prefer, the athletic contest or the awful real-life spectacle which unfolds on cable news, which allows us to attend a Friday night verdict in the public square. Jerry Sandusky’s guilty — and so are we 2012-06-25T13:59:00Z Their lives followed a yearly cycle, with occasional large gatherings for feasting, funerals, athletic contests, and “purifying saunas.” The Real Amazon Warriors 2014-10-17T04:00:00Z Fifty years ago, the US Open became the first major athletic contest to offer equal prize money to men and women. 19-Year-Old Coco Gauff Wins US Open 2023-09-14T04:00:00Z Beginning in 776 BCE, according to Aristotle, Greeks traveled to Olympia every four years to compete in athletic contests in Zeus’s honor, the origin of the Olympic Games. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z And they are finding strong support as they canvass parks, shopping centers, concerts and athletic contests. Losing Ballot Issues on Abortion, G.O.P. Now Tries to Keep Them Off the Ballot 2023-04-23T04:00:00Z The dig referred to his penchant for wagering the money he has earned on athletic contests, not his newfound source of wealth. Perspective | Rory McIlroy drubbed Phil Mickelson, but golf’s us-vs.-them era is only starting 2022-06-16T04:00:00Z A Greek could display this ideal on the battlefield in combat or in athletic contests on the playing field. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z As coronavirus cases spike in D.C. area school systems, Montgomery County Public Schools announced Friday afternoon all athletic contests from Dec. 23 to Jan. 2 are postponed. Montgomery County suspends athletic contests from Dec. 23 to Jan. 2 amid spike in virus cases 2021-12-17T05:00:00Z Bets would be allowed on professional, out-of-state college or amateur sport events, but wagering would be prohibited on high school athletic contests as well as any sporting event in which any California college team participates. California voters will decide in 2022 whether to allow sports betting 2021-05-27T04:00:00Z Berkeley County high school soccer teams were unable to compete in sectional play because the county’s rate of coronavirus cases prohibited athletic contests from being played. Fight over soccer tournament heads to WVa Supreme Court 2020-11-06T05:00:00Z Stickman’s Sept. 14 order prompted many Pennsylvania schools districts to allow more fans in the stands at high school football games and other athletic contests. Appeals court allows Pennsylvania to restrict crowd size 2020-10-01T04:00:00Z There are more important things than athletic contests, and the cancellations are for the greater good. Excepts from recent South Dakota editorials 2020-04-13T04:00:00Z All 30 teams are scheduled to play that day, but athletic contests in Europe have been significantly altered by the coronavirus, forcing soccer and other teams to compete in empty arenas. COVID-19 forces lawmakers to cancel session next week 2020-03-11T04:00:00Z Unlike some boxing spectacles, this rematch is also a fascinating athletic contest. Andy Ruiz Shocked the Boxing World—Now He’s Trying to Do It Again 2019-12-06T05:00:00Z I will not watch any athletic contests played by California college students. Opinion | Paying ‘student’ athletes just entrenches the fraud of college sports 2019-10-07T04:00:00Z He wearies the young men of his city in athletic contests, and when they marry he insists on the droit du seigneur: he, not the groom, spends the wedding night with the bride. How to Read “Gilgamesh” 2019-10-07T04:00:00Z Edric Smith is charged with battery of a school or recreation athletic contest official. Police officer accused of punching softball umpire 2018-09-04T04:00:00Z Frankly, it cheapens “The Star-Spangled Banner” to blast it out before every athletic contest. Perspective | An argument for ‘The Twist’ to replace the national anthem before sporting events 2018-08-12T04:00:00Z Despite the hype and energy that comes with experiencing a competitive event firsthand, I do find that both athletic contests and e-sports are better experienced at home. Going to an e-sport event is like traveling back to the time when people followed sports for the sport 2018-05-30T04:00:00Z It is an utter perversion of a school’s higher-education charge to be in the business of fronting multimillion-dollar athletic departments for the purpose of cashing in on athletic contests. Perspective | In the latest NCAA basketball scandal, sports fans share some blame, too 2018-03-04T05:00:00Z The discipline also requires that Murphy not attend any Carson City-Crystal Area Schools athletic contests, home or away, through April 30. Mid-Michigan school chief suspended for conduct at tourney 2018-02-28T05:00:00Z A federal lawsuit filed Wednesday by four parents says officials throughout the Bossier system coerce students into religious practices in class, at athletic contests and other events. Suit claims religion promoted in Louisiana school district 2018-02-09T05:00:00Z Besides athletic contests, it featured movies, exhibitions, seminars and traditional folk performances. North Korea’s Would-Be Olympics: A Tale of a Cold War Boondoggle 2018-02-04T05:00:00Z It's an athletic contest, fan loyalty rests with teams, not parties, and to tie it in with the American flag has never really made sense. Is it time to kill the pre-game anthem and the White House visit? - Golf Digest 2017-11-06T05:00:00Z Can I place a wager on this particular athletic contest? Patriots vs. Chiefs: How to Watch the N.F.L. Opener 2017-09-07T04:00:00Z For the unfamiliar, this brand of wrestling is probably best understood as sweaty theater rather than a traditional athletic contest. ‘Progressive Liberal’ inside wrestling ring riles them up 2017-08-12T04:00:00Z They pay no attention to weather, says Philo, and never use it as an excuse for not working, and they return from their work rejoicing, as if from an athletic contest. The Scrolls from the Dead Sea 1955-05-06T04:00:00Z The promotion changed its name to the WWE and acknowledged that professional wrestling was a staged entertainment show, not an athletic contest. Donald Trump’s WWE wrestling ties helped hone political persona 2016-12-28T05:00:00Z Generally, several ounces of compassion are recommended for every pound of criticism in analyzing athletic contests. After mailing one in, do Redskins have anyone willing to stand and deliver? 2016-12-20T05:00:00Z He left Rio almost immediately after the opening ceremonies and has attended no athletic contests here. Brazil’s Temer Won’t Attend Olympic Closing Ceremonies 2016-08-17T04:00:00Z The release says the increased patrols will be in the area of events such as high school and college athletic contests, and fairs and festivals. West Virginia State Police to increase DUI patrols 2016-08-12T04:00:00Z Although they look on television like a series of athletic contests, the Games up close are the single most daunting logistical challenge in the known universe. Many Soldiers, Few Signs, Long Lines: The Rio Games Beyond the TV Screen 2016-08-10T04:00:00Z Though they look on television like a series of athletic contests, the Games up close are the single most daunting logistical challenge in the known universe. Many Soldiers, Few Signs, Long Lines: The Rio Games Beyond the TV Screen 2016-08-10T04:00:00Z The writer Jimmy Cannon claimed: “It was a bad fight, nasty with the evil of religious fanaticism. This wasn’t an athletic contest. It was a kind of lynching.” Muhammad Ali: the 20 best moments that made him The Greatest | Sean Ingle 2016-06-04T04:00:00Z In 1989, officials for the World Wrestling Federation testified before the New Jersey Senate that wrestling was only “entertainment,” in order to avoid regulations that applied to legitimate athletic contests. Is Everything Wrestling? 2016-05-27T04:00:00Z It’s true that, as far as we know, some people have always enjoyed athletic contests, hoping, no doubt, to pump up activity in their ventral striata. The Professional-Sports Bubble 2016-05-16T04:00:00Z T he Super Bowl is more than an athletic contest: It is an annual ritual that reveals — and helps create — our values, beliefs and customs. What to read (and watch) to learn more about the Super Bowl 2016-02-05T05:00:00Z In the end, though, it was, like many athletic contests, a game evaluated from distinctly different perspectives by the losers and the winners. Drew Brees Throws Seven Touchdown Passes as Saints Beat Giants in Final Seconds 2015-11-01T04:00:00Z When Harvard visits Yale in three weeks for the 132nd edition of the Game, it will be the first time the venerable Yale Bowl, opened in 1914, is illuminated for an athletic contest. Ivy League Embraces Friday Night Football, in Small Doses 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z During the hearing, though, Jones expressed some skepticism about courts intervening in the results of athletic contests, noting that a decision to order a replay would be extraordinary. Court Weighs Intervening in Oklahoma High School Football Playoffs 2014-12-08T05:00:00Z It pits two national academic powerhouses in a high-level athletic contest. It resonates through areas of two states whose border blurs for outsiders, a region known to some as “Michi-ana.” Michigan-Notre Dame: A Wolverine fan’s perspective Look for signs of enrichment outside the classroom — student musicals, publications and athletic contests. 12 ways to identify a good school In Ivory Coast a regional athletic contest due to be held this month has been cancelled. Ebola outbreak: nurse who treated first victim in Nigeria dies 2014-08-06T04:00:00Z But the Rebel Man, ousted as mascot some years ago, is not being returned to the sidelines at Freeman athletic contests. Richmond-area school to keep ‘Rebels’ team name To them, games aren’t athletic contests so much as complex probability generators. The Super Bowl of Sports Gambling 2014-01-30T19:26:39Z Choke: To fail to perform effectively because of nervous agitation or tension, especially in an athletic contest. MLB Playoffs 2012 preview: American League and National League 2012-10-04T14:26:00Z Seattle U officially joined the WAC over the summer and will play its first athletic contest in the conference on Sept. WAC on life support as Seattle U comes aboard 2012-08-26T01:12:03Z To beat that and recover to the point where you repeatedly win an extremely challenging athletic contest is still an achievement, with or without chemical assistance. Prince Harry, Lance Armstrong and the psychology of scandal 2012-08-24T14:56:00Z In a recent study of why women watch sports, most admitted athletic contests weren’t must-see TV for them. Can the WNBA Benefit from Olympic Gold? 2012-08-12T18:05:32Z Baron Pierre de Coubertain of France led the drive to revive the games, using the athletic contests of ancient Greece as his inspiration. 1908 Summer Games set the stage for other Olympics 2012-05-29T09:58:08Z By halting all future athletic contests with Georgetown, Maryland, in effect, is trying to ratchet up pressure on a reluctant trading partner. Maryland won?t schedule games with Georgetown in any sport until men?s basketball impasse is resolved 2012-02-19T20:42:04Z You will report to your classes and lectures as usual, but you will not be allowed to take part in athletic contests.” Baseball Joe on the School Nine or, Pitching for the Blue Banner 2012-02-17T03:00:33.267Z In that job he supervised American arms sales and the country’s participation in international athletic contests. Edward J. Derwinski, First V.A. Secretary, Dies at 85 2012-01-19T04:37:34Z The Racer Boys on Guard or The Rebellion of Riverview Hall Once more the boys are back at boarding school, where they have many frolics, and enter more than one athletic contest. Dorothy Dale in the City 2012-01-13T03:00:12.213Z If our school and college athletics had been willing to make this its chief objective, little or nothing could be said in arraignment of athletic contests. The Unpopular Review, Number 19 July-December 1918 2012-01-09T03:00:24.167Z The athletic contests for which the gymnasium supplied the means of training and practice formed part of the social life of the Greeks from the earliest times. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" 2011-12-26T03:00:11.613Z On the day of an athletic contest the university is behind the team, heart and lungs; and when defeat comes it is felt alike by all conditions of men. An American at Oxford 2011-12-02T03:00:19.150Z The school could also face the end of annual athletic contests with neighboring Kansas, a rivalry with roots in the Civil War. Missouri to SEC Is Done Deal 2011-11-07T04:45:54Z As if you are at an athletic contest and people are cheering. Bats: 2011 World Series: Images From the Infield in Game 5 2011-10-25T16:45:57Z The reference is to the athletic contests of the arena—wrestling, boxing, and fighting with swords. Old Wine and New Occasional Discourses 2011-10-20T02:00:26.230Z Soon after arriving, the king held a meeting for athletic contests. Wrestling and Wrestlers: Biographical Sketches of Celebrated Athletes of the Northern Ring; to Which is Added Notes on Bull and Badger Baiting 2011-09-30T02:00:19.420Z The assistance was of the kind so generously rendered in New York and Boston on the evening of an athletic contest. An American at Oxford 2011-12-02T03:00:19.150Z From the earliest recorded days of athletic contests, there seems to have been much faith pinned to beefsteaks. Boating 2011-09-21T02:00:35.453Z For the only approach we make to an experience of this kind, we must look to our athletic contests. Scientific Culture, and Other Essays Second Edition; with Additions 2011-09-17T02:00:31.747Z Lastly, there were athletic contests of the same description for boys, and a competition of heralds and trumpeters, introduced in the 93rd Olympiad. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" 2011-08-24T02:00:20.690Z The Marston Grove High School, a suburban branch of the former, had improved on its parent establishment, and cultivated an almost Olympic keenness for athletic contests. The Girls of St. Cyprian's A Tale of School Life 2011-08-24T02:00:19.813Z A man's place is in the field of strife; to take part in athletic contests is almost as much a matter of course as to bathe. An American at Oxford 2011-12-02T03:00:19.150Z Lawmakers approved legislation requiring the state to establish rules regarding the treatment and monitoring of students who suffer concussions in athletic contests or practices. Lawmakers in Albany Are Set to Fulfill a Part of the President?s Health Care Plan 2011-06-24T01:30:18Z There were at least four thousand spectators gathered to witness this athletic contest between the champions of the principal schools of the city. Witch Winnie's Mystery, or The Old Oak Cabinet The Story of a King's Daughter 2011-06-06T02:00:08.460Z Yet all Greece was held together in a certain community of feeling by two things, by the epics and by the custom of taking part every fourth year in the athletic contests at Olympia. A Short History of the World 2011-03-04T03:01:03.147Z My comrades were selected from the younger men of the island, among whom I had always taken care to stand well, joining in their sports, and entering as an equal competitor their athletic contests. A Modern Buccaneer 2011-03-02T03:00:23.990Z No athletic contest, perhaps no battle, could be a severer test of courage. An American at Oxford 2011-12-02T03:00:19.150Z Hence, wrestling and boxing matches, football games, fencing and similar athletic contests, in which fair play and a sportsmanlike spirit prevail, are not fighting as here understood. Moral Theology A Complete Course Based on St. Thomas Aquinas and the Best Modern Authorities 2011-02-24T03:00:54.237Z Pindar, the greatest lyricist of the Greeks, wrote about athletic contests; athletes were his heroes. The Literature of Ecstasy 2011-02-16T03:00:39.843Z Then follows the demonstration of joy among the patrons of the successful almost as boisterous and enthusiastic as that of the young American collegians at their grand athletic contests. A Japanese Boy 2011-02-14T03:00:37.363Z These balloons seemed more like phlegmatic spectators at some athletic contest than actual participants in the events. The Diary of a U-boat Commander With an Introduction and Explanatory Notes by Etienne 2011-01-30T03:00:19.213Z As I went out to start in my race, the question of half-sleeves which Englishmen require in all athletic contests was settled in my mind. An American at Oxford 2011-12-02T03:00:19.150Z They ought to provide a large and well equipped gymnasium where both children and adults may enjoy athletic contests and indoor games. The Short Constitution 2011-01-05T03:01:00.017Z A regimen suggestive of preparation for an athletic contest rather than for the more quiet labors of an astronomer. A Text-Book of Astronomy 2011-01-05T03:00:57.347Z Still, the unbending rule that only those who kept up with their studies would have a part in the after-hour athletic contests was a solvent for any serious trouble. The Girls of Central High on Track and Field The Champions of the School League 2010-12-27T03:00:15.633Z In the native states, such as Mysore, the rajas give public entertainments lasting for ten days, and especially invite European officials to the festivities, which include horse-racing, athletic contests, and banquets. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" 2010-12-26T03:00:17.840Z But is it worth ruining a whole athletic contest for the sake of a sound effect? Improving the Dull Game of Soccer 2010-07-10T00:22:00Z As well, the toughest competitors Ms. Kim faces are from Japan, the neighboring country that South Koreans relish defeating in any athletic contest. Skater Copes With Nation's Hopes 2010-02-22T16:49:00Z Raw meat is occasionally eaten by invalids with weak digestive powers, and by men training for athletic contests. A Treatise on Physiology and Hygiene For Educational Institutions and General Readers The athletic contests come tomorrow, the very last thing on our program. Dolly's College Experiences It is eminently unfit that woman should defeat man in any athletic contest; she has beaten us out in everything else, and we must reserve something. The Bachelors A Novel There is nothing better than athletic contests to develop character and to teach a man to restrain himself. Harper's Round Table, October 29, 1895 There is a Fourth of July celebration with floats and a parade; there are athletic contests; there is baseball, and there is an entertainment consisting of a play, and other exercises. The American Country Girl Country school athletic contests have been organized and inter-community meets held, sometimes on the county basis. The Challenge of the Country A Study of Country Life Opportunity I am talking about the athletic contests that come off the first of Commencement week. Dolly's College Experiences "Naturally," he said, "since the results of all athletic contests are predicted on the computers, there is no betting on who will win." The Ambassador The temple was built like a gigantic amphitheater, like some large bowl in which athletic contests were held. The Lost Warship Fred and Macgregor at once began to train as if for an athletic contest. Northern Diamonds After a day of athletic contests and various entertainments, Odysseus has arrayed himself for the evening, and is going to join the chiefs at their wine. Greek Women Good examples of ideomotor action can be observed among the audience at an athletic contest. Psychology A Study Of Mental Life Such excitement as may be felt will be to a large extent of the kind which is awakened by a "big show" or an athletic contest. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 26, July 1880. College yells are used particularly at athletic contests. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 1 "Châtelet" to "Chicago" B. Take as a special assignment a local football, basketball, or baseball game, or some other athletic contest and report it for the following morning's paper. News Writing The Gathering , Handling and Writing of News Stories The difference in the qualities of the prizes offered to Seniors and Juniors in the last athletic contest had been so marked as to call forth comment from the mistresses. The Leader of the Lower School A Tale of School Life The Greeks had such divine patrons of the corncrib, beans, plowshare, cattle, city walls, banquets, potters, physicians, athletic contests, and even one hero known as the "frightener of horses" and a deity called the "flycatcher." Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV But games, athletic contests, adventure—these were the things they sought for their pleasure. The Last Evolution This cheering and singing form one of the distinctive features of inter-collegiate and scholastic athletic contests in America. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 1 "Châtelet" to "Chicago" The Body.—The bodies of stories reporting athletic contests are all but unlimited in their methods of handling, depending on the nature of the sport and the length of the story. News Writing The Gathering , Handling and Writing of News Stories Often the boys would have athletic contests, turning handsprings and wrestling from one meal-time to another because neither boy was willing to give up beaten. Lisbeth Longfrock Into this class fall all meetings, speeches, sermons, elections, athletic contests, social events, and daily happenings that do not come unexpectedly. Newspaper Reporting and Correspondence A Manual for Reporters, Correspondents, and Students of Newspaper Writing Bill for once laid aside everything but his studies to give his attention to the game with Guilford Academy, the last athletic contest of the school year. Radio Boys Loyalty Bill Brown Listens In It is here described first for an informal game; then in three forms for an athletic contest, the latter as developed by Mr. William A. Stecher; and lastly, for use in the schoolroom. Games for the Playground, Home, School and Gymnasium In holiday celebrations also the feature may be speeches or athletic contests, or else parades of floats, fraternal orders, soldiers, etc. News Writing The Gathering , Handling and Writing of News Stories The meeting place was a half mile beyond the open space on which the athletic contests had been held that day. Deerfoot in The Mountains The contest, which began the next afternoon with thirty-one entries, owing to certain features unusual to athletic contests, produced such a furor of interest that the limited admissions to the struggle brought soaring prices. The Varmint The athletic contest gives him an opportunity not only to measure his powers with those of the other young men, but also to win the respect of his young lady acquaintances. The Biology, Physiology and Sociology of Reproduction Also Sexual Hygiene with Special Reference to the Male For an athletic contest for adults, the following rules are typical:—There should be eight potatoes for each team, placed two yards apart, the first potato two yards from the receptacle. Games for the Playground, Home, School and Gymnasium In political picnics the feature is practically always the speeches, though sometimes there are athletic contests that provide good copy and may be presented in accordance with Part III, Chapter XVI. News Writing The Gathering , Handling and Writing of News Stories It is probable that the ethics of modern athletic contests would not countenance such expedients. Primitive Psycho-Therapy and Quackery There will, of course, be the usual athletic contests, and as you are going down to the coast, you will likewise have an opportunity to make use of the water.” The Rover Boys Under Canvas or The Mystery of the Wrecked Submarine Raymond's athletic abilities insure him immediate and enduring prominence as a student, and the accounts of athletic contests will stir the blood of any one. Breaking Away or The Fortunes of a Student This is followed by rules for an athletic contest. Games for the Playground, Home, School and Gymnasium But the score is regularly the feature,—so much so that if one is in doubt about what to feature in an athletic contest, one can always play a trump card by featuring the results. News Writing The Gathering , Handling and Writing of News Stories He likes to share in the social activities that occur as by-products of the school—the musical and dramatic entertainments, the athletic contests, and the debating and oratorical rivalries. Society Its Origin and Development Nor did they give up the athletic contests they had promised themselves. The Rover Boys Under Canvas or The Mystery of the Wrecked Submarine Write an advertisement for an athletic contest in which your school will take part, addressing it to the students in your school. Practical English Composition: Book II. For the Second Year of the High School This is a very popular game for athletic contests, especially for younger girls. Games for the Playground, Home, School and Gymnasium Those preparing for the law or medicine take special studies; those preparing for athletic contests take special training. The Good Housekeeping Marriage Book Battery D always put up a good showing in the numerous athletic contests. The Delta of the Triple Elevens The History of Battery D, 311th Field Artillery US Army, American Expeditionary Forces The examinations in the schools, and the more popular athletic contests, knew little of him. Victorian Worthies Sixteen Biographies Then the biplane was rolled over to the big shed attached to the gymnasium,—a place usually used for housing carriages and automobiles during athletic contests. The Rover Boys in the Air From College Campus to the Clouds Interscholastic athletic contests are of more value to the participants than literary contests. Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Debate Index Second Edition But every competitor in an athletic contest practises abstemiousness in all directions. "Say Fellows—" Fifty Practical Talks with Boys on Life's Big Issues In time, Perseus returned home, and while an athletic contest was in progress, he killed his grandfather with a quoit. Myths of Babylonia and Assyria This association controls the field athletic contests between the colleges known as the "Intercollegiates." Outdoor Sports and Games Moreover, there is nothing under Scientific Management which forbids an athletic contest. The Psychology of Management The Function of the Mind in Determining, Teaching and Installing Methods of Least Waste It is as dreary as the professional sympathy of the secluded student for the news of athletic contests, as the tolerance of the shrewd man of science for the feminine logic of religious sentiment! The Child of the Dawn The cadets had arranged for a series of athletic contests, to come off at the beginning of the following week. The Rover Boys in Camp or, The Rivals of Pine Island Even devotion to religion furnishes many inmates for insane asylums; athletic contests leave a line of cripples behind them; and railroad disasters fill thousands of graves annually. Woman in Modern Society Most people have experienced an increase in urine in times of excitement; recently physiologists have discovered the presence of sugar in the urine of students at the time of athletic contests and difficult examinations. Outwitting Our Nerves A Primer of Psychotherapy You know that the Greek games and athletic contests were held in the fairest season, and that the contestants were stripped. Books and Habits from the Lectures of Lafcadio Hearn Intracollegiate athletic contests would be a desirable substitute for intercollegiate athletics. Elements of Debating Two days after the athletic contests the cadets had a prize drill. The Rover Boys in Camp or, The Rivals of Pine Island I am inclined to think that if all athletic contests took place without a ring of spectators, we should get all the good of games and very little of the evil. Cambridge Essays on Education When the reception was over, old Hector took charge of the homely games and athletic contests, and the day's delights culminated in a log-burling contest in the Skookum, in which the young laird participated. Kindred of the Dust It was a spot famous for athletic contests, for wrestling bouts and archery, and hither came the Lord Mayor, sheriffs, and aldermen at Bartholomew Fair time to witness the sports, and especially the wrestling. The Parish Clerk At an athletic contest he threw the discus, which by accident flew into the crowd, striking and killing Acrisius, who happened to be a spectator at the games. Heart of the West [Annotated] School should engage in athletic contests with two other schools only. The Making of Arguments Next to being indoctrinated in the Customs, so called, by the Sophomore Class, there followed the usual annual exhibition of the athletic contest between that class and the Freshman Class, namely, the wrestling-match. A Collection of College Words and Customs He has organized great athletic contests, baseball leagues, tennis associations, golf clubs, and other organizations for the promotion of physical activity. Analyzing Character The annual "athletic contest" between the two greatest universities was fought out with almost inconceivable fury on "Soldiers' Field." The Gentleman from Everywhere He excelled in athletic contests and in his earlier years had taken delight in engaging in military practice with the white men. A Social History of the American Negro Being a History of the Negro Problem in the United States. Including A History and Study of the Republic of Liberia After this the regular athletic contests of the evening began. The Dozen from Lakerim Professor Cannon, of Harvard University, proposes international football and other athletic contests as substitutes for war. Popular Science Monthly Oct, Nov, Dec, 1915 — Volume 86 Chicanery, falsehood, browbeating, hold a well-secured place in the method of procedure of any athletic contest and in games generally. Theory of the Leisure Class He well remembered an incident recorded in Grecian history, where two brothers had been engaged in an athletic contest and been victorious. Explorations in Australia, Illustrated, A child who devotes too much time to athletics and too little to literature, may be drawn to reading through books about athletic contests of the classics, or through modern stories of college life. Your Child: Today and Tomorrow The themes were chiefly of athletic contests, of boxing, wrestling and feats of strength. City of Endless Night Trainers for athletic contests know that increasing practice without diversion defeats its end, and particularly insist upon cessation of violent effort directly before the final test. Why Worry? The numerous athletic contests and the daily sports of the gymnasium gave him a chance to study living models in the handsome, finely-shaped bodies of the contestants. Early European History During the Black Hawk War, the soldiers in camp entertained themselves by athletic contests. The Lincoln Story Book A Judicious Collection of the Best Stories and Anecdotes of the Great President, Many Appearing Here for the First Time in Book Form Rambles in the woods and fields, excursions to Chestnut Hill or Cow Island, rowing parties on Charles River, ball-games, athletic contests, swimming matches, everything the Greeks ever did and more than they ever thought of. My Friends at Brook Farm The athletic contests on the primitive little race-track proved the greatest attraction of all. Three Young Knights The gods were rather unseen companions in pleasures, in sports, in athletic contests and warlike enterprises, than beings to be adored for moral excellence or supernal knowledge. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 01 The Old Pagan Civilizations While this principle is perhaps more rigorously enforced in training for athletic contests, it applies equally to those who have in view only the maintenance of health. A Practical Physiology This is the one athletic contest into which they enter heart and soul; it is foot-ball and yachting and polo and horse racing combined. American Big Game in Its Haunts We had an athletic contest last year and they beat us, carrying everything but the standing broad jump. The Boy Allies at Jutland Well, he saw at once that the athletic contests were quite out of the question; he had neither the strength nor the agility required. Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 03 They consisted, in the main, of chariot-racing, wrestling, foot- racing, and various other athletic contests. General History for Colleges and High Schools Intercollegiate athletic contests are harmful to a college. Practical Argumentation The playmate of childhood became the sympathetic and keenly interested companion in all athletic contests, in the reading of books and the consideration of authors, and in the discussion of politics and public affairs. Letters to His Children The commanders exchanged salutations; and among other things made arrangements for the athletic contest that was to take place aboard the Queen Mary the following day. The Boy Allies at Jutland There were more games, a great dinner, some speech-making by the men, additional athletic contests among the firemen, and the picnic was brought to a close. The Young Firemen of Lakeville; or, Herbert Dare's Pluck We have doubtless all observed how much better an athletic contest moves along, or even the ordinary sports of the playground, where good manners prevail. Community Civics and Rural Life All colleges should debar freshmen from participation in intercollegiate athletic contests. Practical Argumentation All men in any keen athletic contest, as remembered by Mr. Sims, were pretty well "tanked up." The Hohenzollerns in America The Route to the Acropolis.—Phormion, son of Cresphontes, has been to Arcadia, and won the pentathlon in some athletic contests held at Mantinea. A Day in Old Athens; a Picture of Athenian Life We may be reminded that in the first mention of athletic contests in Greek literature—in the twenty-third book of the Iliad—they form part of the funeral rites of the hero Patroclus. Greek Studies: a Series of Essays Now we have seen that the right to play the part of the King of May and to wed the Queen of May has sometimes been determined by an athletic contest, particularly by a race. The Golden Bough You proved that in the war, and, in another way, you proved that during this recent athletic contest. To Him That Hath: a Tale of the West of Today If there is one place where the limit of exertion can be counted upon, it is in an inter- collegiate athletic contest. Increasing Human Efficiency in Business, a contribution to the psychology of business Thus it appears that the right to marry a girl, and especially a princess, has often been conferred as a prize in an athletic contest. The Golden Bough |
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