Word: bird
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...costumes of the 'Birds' were probably less conventional and more picturesque than those actually employed by Aristophanes and their ornithological accuracy was secured as nearly as possible by Prof. Newton. Their dress consisted of a bird's head with an appropriate beak, covering the head of the actor, except an oval opening for his face, and wings reaching from the shoulders to the knees and enveloping the arms, by which they were moved from within. Some of the birds had long necks extending several feet above the heads of the actors; these were swans, a spoon-ball, and a gorgeous...
...annual convention was held at the Fifth-avenue Hotel on December 27. Five colleges were represented: Bowdoin by R. I. Tompso; Cornell by Carl A. Raht and F. G. Schofield; Princeton by C. W. Bird; wesleyan by T. R. Hoyt; and the University of Pennsylvania by Clemens Jones and W. McP. Homer. The following gentlemen were elected as officers for the ensuing year: C. W. Bird of Princeton, president; R. I. Thompson of Bowdoin, vice-president; C. Jones of Pennsylvania, secretary; F. G. Schofield of Cornell, treasurer; and W. G. Reed of Bowdion, R. L. Hart of Pennsylvania...
There will be no matches tomorrow owing to the severe weather. After the Christmas vacation the glass ball and clay bird matches will probably be held either on the Watertown or Arlington grounds. Per order match committee. F. B. AUSTIN, Secy...
Eight members of the club entered matches at Walunut Hill Thursday. The first two events were well contested, and the shooting of all the competitors was unusually good. In the clay bird match, Mr. Godwin made the highest score yet recorded in any match of the club, breading nine out of the ten shot at, -a feat rendered difficult by the strong wind. A match at five pigeons was shot, at the close of the two regular shot, at the close of the two regular matches. The summary of the events follows...
...annual meeting of the Inter-collegiate Foot-ball Association was held Wednesday at the Fifth Avenue Hotel in New York. The meeting was called to order by Pres. Thompkins of Yale and showed the following delegates present: Yale, Camp and Tompkins; Columbia, Griffith and Simpkins; Princeton, Peace, Look, Bird and Moffat. The championship was awarded to Yale. Mr. Camp was authorized to have the rules printed and copyrighted. Mr. Appleton stated the position of the Harvard faculty in regard to foot-ball. The following changes were made in the rules: The punter is to have ten instead of six feet...