Word: calls
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...view of the approaching election of the officers of the Freshman class, we wish to call the attention of the members of '83 to the necessity of some forethought in this matter, if they wish to pass into their Sophomore year unburdened with debt. It has been the custom of all preceding classes to elect men who bring with them a reputation as leaders in the athletic sports at the academies whence they come, without allowing time enough to inquire into the merits and abilities of the several candidates. The result of this custom is, as was to be expected...
...same as last year, with one exception, are already in training, and there is no doubt that, do what we may, the race this year will be a close one. But if enough men will come forward we shall be able to select an unusually good crew. We, therefore, call upon the University to give our captain a hearty support, and hope to see a large number of contestants for seats in the University boat...
...unexpected was the call on the handkerchiefs and sensibilities of the audience, that none of the following disquisitions met with the appreciation they deserved. We recall, however, with pleasure, the interesting facts brought forward by Miss Dorothy Simper, in her historical essay on the "Rise and Progress of Flirting...
AUNT KATE was coming out to call...
...work at the rate of 34 long, clean strokes to the minute, and at the end of the first hundred yards was on even terms with Livingstone, who had been pulling 36. Opposite Regatta Point, an eighth of a mile from the start, Goddard's supporters began to call on him for a spurt, and he responded with a slightly more rapid stroke, and began to draw away from his rival, whom he led by a length and a half at the quarter-mile stake...