Word: holding
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...motion of Yale, Harvard at the last meeting of the Inter-collegiate Foot-Ball Association, was re-admitted into the league. We hail this read-mission with feelings of genuine satisfaction. The position that Harvard men hold in the ranks of the amateur sportsmen is marred only by our inferiority in foot-ball. The action of the faculty last winter and our return to the college league, have placed us where we can show that our prowess in athletics is not confined to rowing, base-ball, lacrosse, polo, and field sports...
...long whistle will be sounded from the Referee's tug as the signal for the crews to get into line. A rope will be stretched across the river, to which four tow boats will be moored, at distances of one hundred feet apart. A man in each boat will hold the stern of a shell. As soon as the shells are in line, two whistles will be sounded as a signal for the men to come out to the full reach...
...Referee will say, "Gentlemen, are you ready?" and getting no reply, and seeing no coxswain hold up his hand as a signal that his crew is not ready, the Referee will fire a shot gun, after an interval of from two to four seconds as a signal...
...invite all members of the university to contribute to our columns, but we do not hold ourselves responsible for any sentiments advanced in communications Anonymous contributions will not be accepted...
...meeting of the class of '87 on Monday evening, it was voted to place a book at Bartlett's, and, if fifty names should be signed, to hold a class dinner. Mr. F. S. Coolidge, with two others to be appointed by the chair, were elected as a committee to make arrangements for the dinner. Mr. J. L. Snelling was elected Toast Master; Mr. F. E. E. Hamilton, Orator; Mr. W. Wetherbee, Poet; and Mr, W. E. Faulkner, Chorister...