Word: bucket
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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Jones bravely plies his bucket pumps...
...Monday, Dec. 15, about quarter past eleven in the morning, an alarm of fire was sounded, and large volumes of smoke and flame were seen issuing from the south entry of the upper floor in Stoughton. Before the Fire Department arrived some students were busy in passing buckets, and in getting the ladders that were hidden under Weld and Harvard Hall. Jones, the bell-ringer, tried to put out the flames with a garden pump and a bucket of water, before the alarm was given. His efforts, however, were unsuccessful, and by the time the engines arrived, the fire...
...however, has several faults. It hangs somewhat, and is not carried through; it is sluggish on the shoot, and the catch is not well marked. The dip is also too deep, time not well marked, and feather rather uneven. Bow, two, six, and eight clip, and three and five bucket. Bow, two, four, six, and seven do not reach out far enough, and three and five over-reach. No change has been made in the men since they were last published. The average weight...
...Sophomores have improved immensely of late, owing to the return of four men of their last year's crew, and their chances for the first place have greatly increased. The catch is not yet good, the feather is uneven, and all the men are inclined to bucket. Bow is not in good form; two does n't reach far enough, and does n't hold to his slide on the catch; three does n't pull his oar through, and swings out on the finish; four buckets, and fails to get his full reach; five meets badly, and feathers...
...hour by the watch. If the award now appears sufficiently cooked, garnish it with greens and serve up with plenty of sauce. Smother the groans of the audience with onions and sage, and replace the brains of the judges. Soak their heads for half an hour in a bucket of cold water, and consign them to a hot place for future...