Word: downes
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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The most powerful argument yet produced in favor of more light late in the evening in the halls of the main buildings is a little incident that happened there not long since. An upper classman while coming down stairs from a late recitation rushed up to a co-ed and...
In addition to these fights there were numerous instances where a single blow was struck, instances that occurred in every one of the games. A man was felled by a blow in the face in the Harvard-Princeton game, in the Harvard-Yale game, in the Yale-Princeton game. In...
The game is demoralizing to the spectators mainly through its brutality; unfair play they usually fail to recognize. We often heard cries of "kill him." "break his neck" "slug him," "hit him," "knock him down," from those around us.
In the four games which we attended, there were but two cases where a player was punished for brutal or unfair play. In several cases the team was punished by having a "down" given to the other side, but only twice was a man disqualified.
We may take a very pleasant, although not very short, walk up North-avenue to one or two streets beyond Porter's station on the Fitchburg railroad. Here we must turn to the right and, once turned, we must "follow our noses," as well as the streets will allow, until...