Word: big
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...these men should not make, except for purely offensive play, a better rush line than we have had for years, in spite of their light weight, if only they can be taught to tackle Low. A man runs with his legs, not with his arms; and a big Yale man will carry half a dozen of our rushers along, and yet make enough to hold the ball after three downs; when if one player had tackled him around the hips and upset him, as one can do only by getting in the way of his legs, he could not make...
...easily won by the DAILY CRIMSON crew, in 1 min. 39 secs. over the Signet four. The bow oarsman of the Signets broke his seat when half way down the course, but kept on pluckily to the finish. The final heat was between the Crimson crew and a big four of '85 men. The latter crew became somewhat "balled up" in front of the boathouse, but recovered and pressed closely after their rivals. The Crimson crew finished their second and winning heat a half length ahead, and then had wind enough left to indulge in an ear-splitting Indian yell...
...Senior Class has pledged itself to march in the Republican procession, by the result of the canvass, and the other classes have promised either to follow the seniors or to go with the majority. If we are to go with the majority, then, let us make the majority a big one. Let every man go, putting aside for the time his political opinions, and have a good time, remembering that a presidential torch light procession comes but once in four years...
...Oxford presents a birds-eye-view, as it were, of English social life. Many of the clubs are copies of the London clubs, and social distinctions, which were formerly preserved with absurd exactness still exist, and the young representatives of the English nobility are still apt to secure the big prizes in the contest for social eminence and honors...
...BIG WORDS ABOUT FRESHMEN."But by a recent stride in the cultivation of temerity they have overstepped the bounds of indulgence and brought down upon their heads the maledictions of the upper-class. [Argo...