Word: behinds
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...fear that some of the wisdom of the "sarpint" lay behind this Eton boy's request. Are there no trots at Eton for a man to consult when he is "stuck" in Greek? We should like to see that guileless youth's collection of autographs before we believe his little tale...
...filled: Sulhvan, catcher; Gardner, 1st b.; Buffum, 2d b.; Taylor, s. s.; and Wheeler, r. f.; but some excellent material has shown itself in practice, and it is thought these places will be well filled. Hunt, who is well known in the collegiate world, will take Sullivan's place behind the bat, and the change is looked upon as an improvement. Harris. the pitcher of last year, remains, and great work is expected of the battery. Gardner's place on 1st will probably be taken by Davidson, '88, a good thrower and reliable fielder, but an uncertain batter. Kimball comes...
...prove very effective otherwise. Much cannot be said in favor of the change, it leads to loose scrimmaging which means excessive roughness in the game. Another improvement, and one more properly so-called, is that in drop-kicking and punting by the whole team, and particularly those playing behind the forwards. No change has been made in the score by points. The present system and the value of the particular plays is generally approved...
...give way to despair simply because he finds himself, on his yearly return to Cambridge, catalogued in a class one year behind that in which his name was enrolled the year previous. Let him the rather look upon the case of the aged undergraduate in a Vermont college, who entered with '32 and is to graduate with '85, and from the example thus set before him draw hope. It is true that some of us, who live at the rate of $1.500 a year, might object to expending such a large sum as $79.500 to attain...
Webster went through college in a manner that was highly gratifying to his friends, but did not receive the Valedictory. After the commencement exercises he asked his classmates to accompany him to the green behind the college, where, in their presence, he deliberately tore up his diploma and threw it to the winds exclaiming: "My industry may make me a great man, but this miserable parchment cannot;" and immediately mounting his horse, departed for home...