Word: fight
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...calls attention to the disturbances at Cornell some time ago. The Princetonian also uses the "tu quoque" argument as a weapon of defence, by complaining of the daily papers' silence in regard to the Yale men's reception of Count Johannes. The Princetonian is entirely occupied with the pistol-fight, and contains accounts of the affray, editorial comments, words for the Freshmen, words for the Sophomores, etc., ad infinitum. All that is wanting is a word for Dr. McCosh and the rest of the College Faculty, who should have had the courage to hand over the offenders to the civil...
...hoped to hear before this the opinion of the Princetonian on the little pistol-fight, but unfortunately the only number since that pleasing event came out yesterday, and has not yet reached...
...first head, the second, being far more comprehensive, will probably call forth a supplement to the next number. This will prove the converse of "parturiunt montes"; the ridiculous and insignificant charge will bring forth a mountain of argument. The Chronicle editors, however, should learn wisdom from us, and fight the war in the enemy's country by publishing their criminations and recriminations in the Advocate itself. This would leave them more room for discussing the propriety of dancing on Class Day. By the by, if the signers of the "counter-petition" in our Senior class had only taken the ground...
Then, on the other hand, every course, even in the Mathematics, had a couple of admirers, and it being known that I was searching for knowledge, there grew up a sort of free fight on the electives in my room, at which I was moderator, and while one grind yelled in one ear the praises of the Hitopadeca, one on the other side recited Beowulf, and another screamed the theory of Quaternions down my neck...
Both clubs had evidently determined to fight hard. The McGill men knew each other, played together, and passed the ball more than the All Canadas. The game was exciting in the extreme, both for the players and the lookers-on. The ball at the beginning was kept very close to McGill's goal, and was finally kicked behind, with a Canadian and L. Cushing after it. Cushing secured the ball, but it was decided that the other man touched it first and "deaded" it. This caused some dispute, but the play soon proceeded, the Canadians still acting on the defensive...