Word: boxing
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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THAT letter-box of which we have heard so much does not appear...
SOMETHING is lacking in the early education of the Freshman who dropped a petition into the Dean's box addressed to "Proff. White...
...matter for regret that a gentleman could not have been chosen captain of the Freshman foot-ball team without having a man, antagonistic to him and imbittered by defeat, make a charge against some of his fellow-classmates of "stuffing the ballot-box." We presume, however, that the gentleman, when he made such an ungentlemanly statement, based on no proof whatsoever, and in a manner so much to be condemned, was disappointed and excited at the defeat of his candidate, and did not realize the bad taste, to say the least, of his action. It was an accusation insulting...
...subject of a letter-box in the Yard has often been discussed. Such a box placed in front of University would be a great convenience, especially on cold winter mornings when a tramp to the post-office is peculiarly disagreeable. Will not the College authorities, who so carefully look after the convenience of the students, give us another proof of their desire to accommodate...
...opened the box, and felt around in the corners, but found no studs. It was full of handkerchiefs. As I turned them over, to search between them, I found a little one with a monogram on the corner. It was rumpled, but carefully folded. I showed it to him, unfolding it as I did so, and saw a brown spot on it, near the middle...