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...team continued to take in rope. At the end of four minutes '86 had let out some eighteen inches. A few more powerful heaves now settled the ludicrous contest, and '88 won with over two feet of extra rope on her side of the chalk line. The sophomores did not seem enthusiastic enough over the victory to utter even a cheer, and the champion team quietly walked away from the cleats without the usual demonstrations of joy and satisfaction on the part of their classmates...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Third Winter Meeting. | 3/22/1886 | See Source »

...response to the CRIMSON'S suggestion of Saturday last, the bowling allies have been supplied with sponges and chalk...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fact and Rumor. | 2/16/1885 | See Source »

...there being few small ones, and those for the most part chipped or split. Add to this that the alleys are seldom lighted till five o'clock or after, that there is not a trace of a sponge in any of the cups provided for them, and that the chalk is fragmentary and scarce. These defects can be remedied at a trifling expense, and will greatly please all lovers of "the great freshman elective...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 2/14/1885 | See Source »

...purest Grecian type, excepting her nose, which, being a little retrousse, added marvellously to the deep sentiment written plainly in her other features. There was a plaintive dulcet tone to her voice that thrilled the heart of every hearer, as completely as - as - as the squeaking of bad chalk does in a recitation-room. Her poem, "On the Beauty of Youth," was too perfect a production for us to dare to mar it by quotations. The author breathed forth her inspiration with all the calm resignation of some bereaved, unappreciated, neglected world-wanderer, who looked back with tears...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: COMMENCEMENT AT WELLESLEY. | 6/25/1879 | See Source »

...annual meeting of the Senior class all business was suspended for a time while the "rowdy and baby" element threw chalk, towels, and other destructive missiles at the gentlemen of the class...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: AT OTHER COLLEGES. | 12/20/1877 | See Source »

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