Word: fight
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...meet all the various complexities which are brought to him by his clients. So very vague is the presentation of the condition of things that a terse statement of facts is most welcome to the confused mind of many young men. Nothing is worse than uncertainty. Most men will fight best when exactly cognizant of what they must meet. Even be the odds against him, one likes to know the fact. Especially valuable then is an address like the one delivered before the Phi Beta Kappa Society of Harvard University last June, by William Henry Rawle, M.A., L.L.D. The author...
...great many tasks; he is obliged to be a regular servant of the other students who are higher in rank than himself, taking care that they are provided with the most comfortable chairs in a "Kneip," and other things of this kind, and, besides, he is obliged to fight duels. He has a certain time given him, I think from two to four months, in which to take lessons - at least...
...members of different corps never recognize each other during the time while the term is in progress, but those at the head of each corps meet and arrange the duels, and the members fight as they decide. This fighting takes place every Tuesday and Friday, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.; and, as a result, the students who have been fighting soon appear with their faces done up in cotton and carbolic acid. In these duels it is impossible for anyone to be killed, for the combatants wear about the neck and body thick leather pads, and thick glasses before...
...beautiful drop kick, amid the cheers of the seniors. For a moment the eighty-six men almost forgot that it was cold and wet, but two smart rushes by Holden and Porter recalled them to their senses, and the dangerous way in which the sophomores forced the fight made the game extremely interesting. About this time a struggle for the ball took place, in which Bradley was hurt, and his place was taken by Hallowell. After some spirited rushing, time was again called to give Noble time to recover from a heavy fall. A rush by Holden sent the ball...
...Yale captain deserves great credit for the strong fight he made against Princeton on Saturday; he developed a very creditable team from almost raw material...