Word: donning
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
"If Yale does not win in the annual boat race with Harvard this year it will not be for lack of work and professional coaching. Last year the crew had only amateur instruction, and not so much of that as they needed, while their rivals certainly enjoyed much professional advice...
During the tug-of-war on Saturday, one of the rope men of the '86 team was heard angrily to cry out to the anchor of that team "Why don't you straighten out your legs"?
In regard to the requisites and chances of success, every man may have pretty much what he wants if he wants it hard enough, and every man will stop in his place when he gets there. Good physical qualifications are necessary. Nearly every successful lawyer breaks down in middle life...
Latest from '89: "Well, I don't care if I didn't get more than 4 on that paper; it was only marked on a scale of 40!"
Finally, avoid unnecessary promenading. Limit yourselves to your beats as we are limited to our seats, and depend more on vigilance of eye than on pedestrian awfulness. Do not continually pass between us and the windows; and please, please, sweet proctors, hang over our shoulders as little as possible. Don...