Word: cantabrigians
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...dual meet with Oxford this year Cambridge was an 8-3 victor. Times and distances on this occasion were not remarkable. Denison, cantabrigian three-miler, was clocked at only 15 minutes 7 8-5 seconds, while in a race on Saturday to determine the Harvard three-mile squad, Foote finished in 15 minutes and 3 seconds, followed by Fox in 15 minutes and 6 seconds, and Murphy ten seconds slower. Maybe and Price, of Oxford and Cambridge respectively, will partner with Denison...
June weather. Soon his proteges would be leaving the Cantabrigian shores for Home. A wave of sadness engulfed the Vagabond. He could see the shining faces of his school children on vacation. The tender charm of the parental hearth. And he was saddened by the reflection that he had no home other than Harvard. True it was a fine place but there was no denying a lack of homely atmosphere resplendent in the surroundings. No milk-bottles on the back-porch, for instance...
...other hand, could do nothing better than take weak, long shots at the net which Farrell had little trouble deflecting. In back-checking and poke-checking and in covering their positions--in fact, In practically every department of the game--the Eli were far superior to their dazed Cantabrigian opponents...
...mode in which it is likely to be interpreted by undergraduates flaccid before skillful direction, and one is sure to find the "indulgence" ample fare. "Cake" may not cause the rafters of Brattle Hall to ring with unrestrained laughter, but there are certain to be wry smiles up Cantabrigian sleeves, as this or that familiar platitude is aired in the quaint garb which Mr. Bynner has provided. Like the three-year-old we shall eat the frosting which he has spread on his delectation, leaving the more solid fare to the erudite, if there be any such in attendance, unrepelled...
Despite my Cantabrigian prejudices, I am forced to decree that only those will watch this afternoon's game in the Stadium who can not afford to travel to Maine, where Colby will clinch the state championship, or to Yale where "Der Tag" has arrived and the Big Green will shake the jinx at the Bowl. If the going is wet, Dartmouth should have a decided edge; if dry, the Bulldog will battle them on nearly even terms...