Word: constant
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...well be proud. Probably not more than once in the previous history of base-ball matters here has a stronger nine taken the field, and this is all the more gratifying considering the disadvantages under which the nine labored earlier in the season, and also, considering the constant disadvantage under which athletic matters of all kinds are placed by the absence of a gymnasium suitable for training. The Harvard and Yale games, however, lead us to believe that we have a nine in many respects as strong as will be put into the field by any college this season...
...constant recreation...
...another column will be found a notice from Mr. C. E. Hamlin, secretary of the Pierian Sodality, calling attention to the kleptomaniacal tendencies of some persons as shown in their constant removal of society shingles that are placed on University. We say "kleptomaniacal," because we wish to be mild in our epithets, but we assure you that is not what we think about the matter. It is almost impossible to imagine more contemptible conduct than this removal of shingles. They can be of no possible gain to the men who take them, while serious inconvenience must result to the losers...
Lampy's cartoon on lacrosse might well be supplemented by one showing the tribulations of tennis players in the vicinity of the cricket crease. In several cases men have been struck by stray balls, while a constant fear is felt every time that a sharp "clip" is heard. In the midst of this danger and with vociferous calls of "thank you" from the cricketeers, the tennis man's life in that vicinity is not always happy...
Bona fide widow. - I don't believe she cares a fig for him, anyway; she excuses it by saying that her intellectual reservoir would run dry without constant replenishing...