Word: balle
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...usual modest way: "A musical entertainment." But it is said to be more full of musical gems than an opera, dressier than a society play, funnier than a farce, spicier than the varieties, more unique than a specialty show, as rich in grace and beauty as a fancy dress ball, and as replete with good acting as the legitimate. The cast is the largest and strongest Mr. Hoyt has ever organized and embraces many prominent people, notably, Miss Belle Archer, leading lady with Nat Goodwin, E. H. Southern and the late Salvini; Clairiesse Agnew, who created such a sensation during...
...held it with one arm perpendicularly above his head. After a short rest he put up the same bell weighted to 211 pounds. On this trial, however, although the bell was put up perpendicularly with one arm, Rood, in straightening his body, lost his balance and let the ball fall. The terms of the game say nothing about the straightening of the body, but it has been customary to get to an upright position. It is thought, however, that the latter record will stand. The performance was done in public and was testified to by over a dozen witnesses...
...team will leave for the annual southern trip, playing one or two games each with the Baltimore league team, Georgetown, the University of Virginia, and the University of North Carolina. The team will return to Princeton on April 23. Jerome Bradley '97, captain of last year's ball team who was re-elected at the close of last season, has resigned, and Walter W. Wilson '97 of Clarion, Pa., has been chosen as his successor. Wilson has played two years on the 'varsity as pitcher and in the field. The utmost harmony exists among the players and ex-Captain Bradley...
...difference between ice polo and hockey is, roughly, as follows: Ice polo is played with narrow sticks and a rubber ball and the goal posts are 4 feet apart and 18 inches high. In hockey the players use sticks broad and flat at the end, and a block or "puck" of solid rubber. The goal posts are 5 feet apart and 4 feet high. The make up of the team is practically the same, but the difference between the ball and "puck" affects the style of play somewhat...
...made at all, and would make the time long enough to carry through the exercises without undue haste, excitement or discomfort. A programme might be made which would bring on the first day the exercises in Sanders Theatre in the morning, a 'varsity base-ball game in the afternoon and the illumination in the Yard, the music by the Glee, Banjo and Mandolin Clubs, the dancing in Memorial and the Gymnasium, and spreads in the evening. On the second day the chapel services for the Senior Class could be held in the morning, the tree exercises in the afternoon...