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...making institution, having a large surplus in its treasury every year. Therefore there was no excuse for reserving every seat on Holmes field with the exception of the battered old stand off in right field. Secondly, in the Princeton game, all the seats from the hospital building to the clump of willows were unreserved, and it was naturally expected that the same arrangement would be made on Saturday, especially as no notice of the change had been given beforehand. The students were disappointed, however, and many were obliged to sit on the grass during the entire game. Why we should...
...their time on matter which pertains entirely to the courses they have in hand, are dubbed at all colleges either "grinds," "digs," or "grubs," and to be called such is not unusually considered a mark of flattery. The expressions for a bad recitation very at different colleges; "fizzle," "flunk," "clump," and "smash" are the most common. The contemptible act of a student who endeavors to ingratiate himself with an instructor by his seeming interest in lessons and officious civilities, now known as "toadying," was formerly called "fishing." The words "cram" and "cut" have almost ceased to be slang...
...that magnificent finish can ever forget it. The sight was as grand from one bank as the other. Those on the western bank saw Yale spurt and draw ahead of Amherst and Wesleyan, who were nearly neck-and-neck, and the three boats cross the line in a clump, while Harvard was seen almost in a line with them, but under the eastern bank. Those on the eastern bank could dimly see (for it was the evening of a rainy day) three boats almost lapping each other, the foremost with the blue scarcely discernible, while almost under their feet...