Word: bone
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...short description of the methods of transportation on sledges and then finished with a description of a peculiar method of trapping wolves. The Eskimos take a piece of whalebone about a foot long, sharpen it at both ends, and bend it into the shape of a letter Z. This bone is then imbedded in a piece of blubber and frozen there so that it retains its Z shape. When a wolf sees one of these balls of blubber he swallows the mass whole. The heat of his stomach melts the blubber and the whalebone, thus set free, straightens out with...
...will not be able to play for about three weeks, he will be kept out of all the early games and possibly the one with Pennsylvania. A few minutes after Hallowell was taken from the field, C. H. Howe '04, centre on the third team, broke a bone in his right leg. The break is not a bad one, but will prevent his playing for the rest of the season...
Yale won the University race at New London on June 28, Harvard winning the Freshman and four-oared events. Four days before the race Captain Higginson broke a bone in his leg and was obliged to retire from his position at stroke. Harding who had been rowing at 2 was put in at Capt. Higginson's place and Bullard who had been rowing in the four...