Word: fats
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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GRAND OPERA HOUSE.- "The Fat Men's Club...
...four oared barge race between fat men and lean men, three quarters of a mile, was one by the fat...
...Board of Editors of the CRIMSON held their semi-annual dinner at the Parker House last evening. It was truly a "feast of reason and a flow of soul," but it was also a "feast of fat things." The speeches were witty, the songs weary jolly, the dinner was excellent-in fact nothing was wanting to make the evening a complete success. Cheers were given with a will in response to the toasts of the University Foot-Ball Eleven, Crew, Nine, Cricket Eleven and Lacrosse Team. The officers of the dinner were as follows: President, James G. 'King, '89; orator...
...spring regatta of the Yale Boat Club held on Lake Salt-onstall, on Saturday, were as follows:1, single-scull race for Cleaveland Cup; 2, four-oared barge race: D. K. E. vs. Psi U; 3, single scull race for Dunham Cup: 4, four-oard barge-race, fat men vs. lean men; 5, class races...
...author gives a very interesting account, to begin with, of the organization of the crew. To quote his own words: "Forty men, more or less, the 'pride and flower' of the class, assembled in the gymnasium, afternoon upon afternoon, with beating hearts and anxious faces. Lean men, short men, fat men, tall men, sturdy men, sallow men, flabby men and bronzed men - all 'trying for the crew!" Finally the crew was selected. Challenges came from Columbia and Yale, and were accepted. The crew got on the water. Then came the class races. After the excitement of these had subsided...