Word: hazing
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...ushers filed on the field at 12 o'clock, and the spectators began to arrive about 12.30 in straggling two and threes. The number increased towards 1.15, and the stands were practically all filled at 1.45. A slight haze partially obscured the sun, and the wind blew lightly across the field from the south. The afternoon was excellent for football, but in spite of the gray overcoat and dark cloaks there was considerable color on the Harvard and Yale stands. The field was hard and freshly marked out. A great number of people came out by way of Western avenue...
...recent poetry we have Haze's "March of Man," Watson's "By Wordsworth's Grave and other Poems." Watson is hailed by some as the coming great poet. Milton, Wordsworth, Shelley and Keats have all had an influence over him, but so far he has not shown the ease and copiousness of a great poet. Another poet who shows the French influence is W. E. Henley, whose "Song of the Sword" is vivid and scrupulously finished. "The Book of the Rhymer's Club," lately from the press, is a collection of most charming and original poems by Riese, Yates, Symonds...