Word: acting
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...various dormitories would be, in case of serious fire at night, roasted with as much neatness and despatch as the most ardent advocate of cremation could wish. Locked in their rooms, and in deep sleep, they could only be aroused to find escape impossible; the entries and stairways would act as most efficient chimneys, and the draught through them would draw the flames up from story to story with the utmost rapidity, effectually closing the only means of escape...
...their meeting on Monday, voted to guarantee that the price of board at Memorial Hall from September 28 to December 23, 1876, inclusive, shall not exceed five dollars a week. It was also voted that Professor Cooke, Mr. Allen Danforth, and Mr. A. S. Thayer be requested to act as a committee to control the expenditures of the Dining Association on behalf of the Corporation during the period covered by the guaranty...
During the next act you are attracted by the blushes of a lady not far off, and you discover that it is the pretty girl whom Jack Brown, who graduated three or four years ago, has just married. Jack has brought her here, or she has brought Jack here, for want of a Palais Royal...
...arranged, and the battle began, the Harvards having the kick-off. One of the masterly Canadian drop-kicks immediately sent the ball back again near Harvard's goal. Then the running, dodging, and scrummages began, in which the sides were about evenly matched. But soon the Canadians had to act on the defensive, as the ball neared their goal. Fourteen minutes after the game began Whiting dropped the ball between and beyond the posts, and goal number one was scored for Harvard. The Canadians now had the kick-off, and sent the ball well up to Harvard...
...arrival of the team in Montreal, Mr. Russell, the secretary of the club, pro tem., received letters notifying him that the team and their friends were made temporary members of the Metropolitan and St. James clubs. This act of courtesy was highly appreciated, and Sunday was spent in visiting these clubs, in sight-seeing, church-going, etc., and closed with the inevitable visit to the Jesuit Cathedral, where the ever-watchful beadle (who quickly recognized us) listened attentively for the faintest allusion to "Guibord...