Word: blooded
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...were the book free from all the defects which I have mentioned, it would still be open to criticism from its lack of humanity, or more explicitly, the element of human nature in the characters. The adventures and for tunes of the actors are those of no flesh-and-blood creations, and the book lacks the vividness and realness of the truly great novels and romances of the world. And this fault is a great one in the opinion of all who see a novel's greatness in its truth to human nature, and not in a clever plot...
...lead, as gently as is consistent with firmness, the mistaken elders along a path which is difficult to their unaccustomed feet, to repeat again and again with kind insistence the doctrines which are so easy to the more enlightened mind, never forgetting that consideration which is due to a blood relation,-this is a duty calling into play all the self-assurance and confident superiority which even a careful training of four years can bestow...
...invited to attend it on condition that they witness several sparring encounters, together with the other games which they come to see. Should the Tech. arrangement of putting all the sparring at the close of the meeting, any timid ladies would not have to stay away on account of blood. True, the variety of the programme would be somewhat marred by this change, and so would the opportunities for very long rests between the bouts. But with plenty of entries in the two events, light-weight and feather-weight sparring, the time between bouts would be sufficient...
...country. So Princeton, which will have her Class Glee Clubs, and Yale, with a second Glee Club and a Freshman club to draw from, will soon be able to compete on equal terms in another grand contest for the championship, which will have the advantage that no blood will be shed, although we presume the Record and the Princetonian would never acknowledge which side was beaten. Some permanent arrangement for musical instruction will probably be made, if these first attempts meet with the success which they most certainly deserve...
...forty or fifty degrees, one of the crews had the hardihood to run up North Avenue, clad in the scanty and inadequate clothing of the gymnasium. The harm done by such needless exposure is two fold: 1st. As certain parts of the body are chilled, the circulation of the blood becomes irregular, and the heart is liable to ge affected. The captains, however, can avoid this danger by compelling their men to wear more clothing, especially around the neck, arms and legs. 2d. Instead of an increase in breathing power, the lungs are apt to be temporarily, if not permanently...