Word: clearing
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Columbia distinctly agreed to call the race off under mutual consent, and then, in defiance of all courtesy, appeared on the course and claimed the race. A counter case from Columbia is also in preparation, in which it is to be presumed she will explain some points not now clear in her line of conduct...
...half-past six was told that the asparagus was all out. This thing occurs almost every night. Something or other always gives out in about a half-hour. There is no need to enumerate other short-comings; every one knows what they are; but this one thing is very clear - there must be some radical change in the hall next year if it is to be a success...
...first sight the above rule seems to wear an aspect of absurdity, but when carefully considered the full import of its meaning becomes clear. It must be said that the great influence of fashions upon character and morals is too often disregarded by those in authority. That provisions looking to the abolishment of long hair in this college should have existed is perfectly proper. It is a self-evident fact that long hair per se is subversive of all established rules and authority. It is needless to dive into antiquity to secure proofs in support of this proposition. Society declares...
This report did but little to clear up the mystery, and matters were still in this distressing condition when, breathless and dishevelled, the orator burst into the room. The tale of violence was soon told. Overwhelmed by numbers, the freshmen had been captured by sophomores and conveyed to a solitary house on the verge of the town, where their captors had intended to confine them until day. The orator alone escaped, whether by superior muscle or by his impassioned appeals to the sophomores for liberty, is not known...
...personal appearance, according to my present recollection of him as I recall the scenes of those early days, his figure was slight and erect; his complexion light and delicate as a maiden's, with a slight bloom upon the cheek; his nose rather prominent; his eyes clear and blue, his well formed head covered with a profusion of light brown hair, waving loosely in the same manner as the gray locks of age. I have seen a portrait in his parlor in Cambridge that gives a good idea of him in his early life as I recollect...