Word: barter
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Every purchaser of a ticket in purchasing agrees, 1, That if the ticket be for Memorial or the Yard, it shall be void unless signed by the senior to whom it is sold by the Class Day committee. 2, Not to sell, barter or part with for any consideration any Class Day tickets except to the Class Day committee. 3, To return on or before June 18 such tickets as are not needed for the use of himself or friends, to the committee who will refund the amount paid...
...varsity, and G. Perry, '89, coached them. After regular practice on the field, the men were put through rush line and tackling practice in the gymnasium. The following men are candidates for the rush line: Rantoul, Cook, Churchill, Allen, Cheeney, Freeman, Clark, Hawes. Berry, R. Agassiz, Putnam, Travis, Barter, Henry and Brooks; for quarterback, Mann, Neff, Preston; for half-back, Hill, Draper, Carpenter; for full-back, Barter and Forbes. The men are all unusually light and will have to work hard to make up for this disadvantage in weight. The bad weather has probably kept some men from coming...
...when I took lunch at the college yesterday afternoon, were stamped deeply "Vassar Female College." I saw several youths take two or three spoons; and one Princeton man, under the encouraging smile of his "cow," slipped spoon after spoon to the inside pocket of his coat. Quite an extensive barter trade is carried on between West Point and Poughkeepsie-spoons for bell buttons. I could not resist, and took one myself...
...life of the poco is indeed a trying one. Beset with arduous cares, compelled at all times to be at his post in rainy or in stormy weather, forced to stoop to petty barter and ignoble shifts. what wonder that his mind assumes a stern and misanthropic cast and that soon...