Word: feet
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...less easily overcome. There is, I grieve to say, a class of students at Harvard whose every act is a lie; and, hard as the duty is, it is the duty of every pure-minded man to hate them, to shake the dust of their rooms from his feet, and to use all his power to crush them out of existence...
...CONTRIBUTOR to the Advocate is said to be in the habit of sitting with his feet on the table, because he does not consider it democratic that the feet should be permanently below the head...
...advises, too, going back to turning races, fouling being made impossible by each boat having its own stake, and by having twenty feet fenced off by buoys between the two courses...
...Vaulting, one hand. Take-off must be from both feet, with no preparatory jump...
...quickly decided. After much deliberation the prize was awarded to Mr. Brett. The standing high-jump was next in order, and was well contested by Messrs. Hall, '76, Latham, '77, and Martin, '77. Mr. Hall fell out first, and Messrs. Latham and Martin both cleared the rope at four feet seven and a half inches. As neither of the contestants could jump any higher, a tie was declared, and the cup was awarded to Mr. Latham, as he had given his opponent two extra trials. The jumping was exciting, and was much applauded...