Word: happening
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...such accidents are liable to happen every day unless those who have control of that field understand that to their negligence of their duty such accidents...
...last inning the men on the benches began to shout every time Woodcock raised his arm and did their best to rattle him. It is to be hoped that this will not happen again...
...fault of the collectors, though they can doubtless do more. The fault is that the class has not given all that it can. Although at present such a contingency seems impossible, the freshmen need have no fear of giving more money than is wanted. If any should happen to be left over, it would be applied to the support in the coming years of the '94 class crew; not handed over to the graduate treasurer. But this view of the question is aside; the main thing is, that unless the freshmen come up right speedily with generous subscriptions, their eight...
...then, did it happen that this last outbreak occurred? Briefly, it was the last uprising of heathenism, a manifestation of savage impatience. The old chiefs, discontented with the present, looked back on the past and remembered only the times when they shot the buffalo, forgetting the intermediate periods of hunger; they forget the days in their youth when they were ill-clad, and remember only the festal days when their bodies were gaudily decorated...
...athletic contests those men who neglect to be examined by the director of the gymnasium. There has been no stated punishment attending the breaking of this rule heretofore. Men went through the prescribed process because they knew the rule, and because of a "wholesome uncertainty" as to what would happen if they overlooked the rule. It is now a serious thing and must be strictly obeyed...