Word: feet
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Drop truth and riches at thy feet...
...following transparency was prepared with infinite labor by Messrs. Brewer, Garrison, Cogswell, Furness and Paine, and was borne through the entire parade unharmed, on the stalwart shoulders of two sable Africans. The transparency stood seven feet high, and was a correct copy of the chapel, the part representing the building made of pasteboard with the stone work sketched in, and the windows in stained glass,- formed a pretty sight. Below was a large transparency bearing the legends as seen in our cut; and, in addition, on the opposite side, a specimen sumons-card under the old regime, labelled, "The good...
...great feature of the parade, however, was the great Mott Haven Cup, which now appeared, drawn on a low cart by two horses. It was ten feet high, and nine broad, was a very fair fac-simile of the cup itself, being made all the more realistic by being covered with silver paper. Seated on the rich folds of red cloth which swathed the base of the cup, were Messrs. J. M. Hallowell, '88, and H. D. Hale, '88, its proprietors. Immediately after the cup came a most...
Wesleyan half back tried the experiment of kicking a long high punt. It worked like a charm, as Porter muffed the ball, and Wesleyan got it again on our ten yard line. They worked the ball from there to within six feet of our line; but here Harvard got the ball and Porter kicked fair, giving Wesleyan the ball twenty yards from our goal. Holden got a fair catch and made rather a wild pass to Butler, who muffed the ball; Harding, however, got it. Porter got in a long kick up the field, which the full-back fumbled...
...with wreaths of flowers on their heads, go by singing a hymn written for the occasion. But Ruprecht I is a staunch Catholic, and the representatives of the church must not be forgotten. Here come pale nuns from the convent on the Heiligenberg and stern-faced monks, with sandalled feet and rough, rope-girt robes and dark cowls; and in the midst of them rides a gorgeous Cardinal, the papal legate sent in honor of the occasion. The Prince and his spouse, Princess Beatrice, magnificently arranged in brocade and blue velvet, ride by under a canopy, escorted by the noble...