Word: birching
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...first event was a race between tandem birch canoes, one miles with turn, in which there were three entries: (1) C. Greene, '89, and Vaughan, '90; (2) Townsend, '89, and Holder, '88; (3) Deblois, '89, and Marquand, '89. The race was well contested, Greene and Vaughan winning in 11m. 8 1-2s. Townsend and Holder were a close second...
...Club will take place in the basin on Monday, May 28th, and it is expected that there will be a large number of entries. The races will consist of a sailing race over a two mile triangular course, paddling races for single canoes and tandems, and also one for birch canoes. These latter will be over a one mile course. The prizes offered will be a pennant for the sailing race, and medals for the others. A second prize will be given if there are four starters, in any one race. In the evening there will be a dinner...
When the college was founded daily services were held morning and evening in the tutor's room, where "that Freshman class of one," of which Dr. Holmes tells us, recited its little lessons and also was made to bend beneath the birch. But as the college grew, and more ample accommodations were given, the building known as Common Hall, where the books of the library were stored, was made the place of religious worship...
...fever is to stop. Perhaps it would be well if these charming companions were always on the strike - provided they meant business and staid away without undertaking to damage property. But the word strike, in some indirect way, suggests a yard policeman. We wish the man and the birch switch would return to active duty...
...descriptions of his trips in foreign Iands is directly traceable the great popularity which this most delightful of sports now enjoys-indeed he is styled and justly so, the father of modern canoe cruising. Previous to that time the canoe was popularly known in only its original types, the birch bark and the more primitive dugout. Its utility for hunting purposes was recognized, but the making of long cruises, running rapids and riding heavy seas, things which are now an every day experience, were never dreamt of, and considering the canoe's then far from perfect state, would have proved...