Word: blacke
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...They are caught, however, in their own nets sometimes. The story is an old one, but nevertheless true, that in a certain Greek elective the instructor asked his pupils the color of the lions in Greece. One well-informed man said they were tawny, another maintained that they were black, and a third asserted with confidence that they were brown. "None of you are right," said the instructor. "There are no lions in Greece...
...Seniors are requested to appear in dress-suits, black hats, and white cravats, and also to appear in the same dress on Commencement, June...
...wander aimlessly around until some one comes to their rescue. The difficult question to answer is, what material is stout enough to resist the attacks of the gentlemen who prowl around in search of trophies. Ordinary cards are entirely out of the question. We are of the opinion that black letters painted on a white background of tin, nailed quite high, would be conspicuous enough, and certainly out of the way of all but very determined trophy-hunters...
ATHLETICS.Oxford University Sports, March 18 - 20, - 100 yards, E. C. Trepplin (Brasenose), 10 2/5 sec.; throwing cricket ball, C. A. W. Gilbert, 119 yds. 2 ft.; 150-yards handicap, A. H. Black (Queen's, 12 yards start), 14 3/5 sec.; mile-race, H. C. Jenkins (Corpus), 4 min, 33 2/5 sec.; wide jump, C. W. M. Kemp (Oriel), 21 ft. 1 in.; 440 yards, M. Shearman (St. John's), 52 1/5 sec.; high jump, C. R. Mogg, 5 ft. 6 1/2 in.; 440-yards handicap, J. Shearman (L. A. C.) (scratch), 51 2/5 sec.; 120-yards hurdles, S. F. Jackson...
...Sanctuary (dead heat). 11 sec.; 440-yards handicap, C. T. Sanctuary (5 yds.), 53 4/5 sec.; high jump, M. F. Remington, 5 ft. 1 in.; 440 yards, J. E. Masters, 55 1/5 sec.; mile-race, P. A. Sullivan, 4 min. 54 sec.; 1000-yards open handicap, R. C. Black (St. Albans...