Word: fairness
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...enthusiasm would attach to eight men pulling against each other, braced by cleats, with the end of the rope passed around a padded belt worn by the anchor; but, as in every game there are points, so in the tug-of-war there are tricks for gaining a fair advantage, used by the participants. The present tug-of-war team consists of four men, each man having the advantage of a thick cleat which is fastened to the floor. The ribbon is started at a point midway between the two teams, each side pulling for ten minutes, according...
...study, little money and less experience. On the other side there is an abundance of means, and more temptations, greater dangers. But the difference is growing less each year. The West is advancing rapidly, and the 'freshwater' schools are beginning to draw away students from the 'old salts.' The fair-minded student East or West will see that in this brotherhood of colleges there is no place for jealousy, and the Western depreciation of Eastern colleges is as absurd as the more frequent and ignorant sneer of the Eastern undergraduate at Western institutions...
...given under the auspices of the society before the end of the current academic year, by Rev. Phillips Brooks, D. D., and Prof. James, men whom Harvard students honor as they do few others for ability, candor and liberal-mindedness, and who would favor no scheme that was not fair and manly...
Praising bad jokes with "fair," "c'est belle...
...WEATHER.WASHINGTON, D. C., March 8, 1882, 1 A. M. For New England, continued cold and fair weather during the day, with rising barometer, northerly to easterly winds, followed by cloudy weather and snow and falling barometer during Wednesday night and Thursday morning...