Word: clangings
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...dizzy speed, two agile men, with the eyes of falcons, pursued it, rackets poised. In turn they beat the ball afresh to make it go faster-whack, whack, like pistol shots against the walls. Now and again one would miss his stroke. Now and again came a great clang as the ball crashed into the "tell-tale," or metal strip across the bottom of the front wall. For an hour or so the two men and the little white ball flashed hither and thither in the little red room. Then they desisted-and William Rand Jr. of Manhattan, congratulated...
...holiday will not accomplish that purpose. A suggestion made by the Governor of Massachusetts, that bells be toiled from 11.45 until noon, should not be overlooked at Harvard. This is one of the few chances given our bell to perform a welcome service. Its metallic clang will add materially to the general din of celebration; the sound of it at that unusual hour will turn the thoughts of all students to the significance of the occasion; and its ceasing will be a signal for all to join in the two minutes of meditation which the President urges. Let us hope...
Because of my intimate associations with Prof. Hart, visiting Harvard clubs over the country and attending his lectures, I feel that I too can clasp the hand of the Harvard man and join in the Harvard yell. My college yell, evolved amid the clang of the hammer, the buzz of the wheel, and the screech of the whistle has been Rah, Rah, Rah, Work...
...mode of life at the University has so changed in recent years that many students find no occasion, whatever for rising before 8 o'clock or even later. Why then should those who live within sound of this bell be subjected to this continual nuisance? The seven o'clock clang performs no conceivable useful function and only serves to add one unnecessary discomfort to the Yard dormitories...
...notorious exception. The mode of life at the University has so changed in recent years that most students find no occasion whatever for rising before 8 o'clock. Why, then, should those who live within sound of this bell be subjected to a continual annoyance? The 7 o'clock clang performs no conceivable useful function and only serves to add a useless discomfort to the list that already prevails in Yard dormitories...