Word: hooking
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Shortly after 4.15 yesterday afternoon an alarm was rung in from the box in Harvard Square, and a few minutes afterward the engine and hose carriage came tearing into the college yard and drew up before the front of Matthews. Another engine with accompanying hose carriage and hook and ladder company meanwhile was stationed in the Square. The cause of the excitement was a slight blaze in the basement of Matthews. Had not the fire been accidentally discovered, however, it would have soon done much damage. Mr. Blum, '90, in going to the south basement, noticed a cloud of smoke...
Active measures are being taken to secure the safety of students in case of fire. For each room above the second story a coil of rope will be provided, with one end fastened to a hook attached to a staple. The coil will rest upon a handle and will be kept in place by a strap, so that it will at all times be ready for instant service...
...with their subscriptions. Now there is one branch of athletics at Harvard which at present stands in great need of support from members of the university. We refer to cricket. As we have stated before in these columns, the association is obliged to procure new grounds this year by hook or by crook. Such grounds they already have in view, and they are likely to remain in view unless substantial support is received, and that before long The officers of the association have labored diligently in the part, to promote a greater interest in cricket at Harvard, than...
Noyes Field captain. Hook...
...manner. Those who take other people's property, whether from absent-mindedness or not, seem to have no regard for time or place. Memorial Hall and the gymnasium suffer alike. But to speak seriously, things are in a bad condition when a man cannot leave his hat on a hook in the gymnasium and find it again after exercising. Affairs are just the same at Memorial. Books and umbrellas disappear as rapidly there. Moreover, we cannot lay all the blame on that convenient scape goat, the mucker. There are some men in college who have not the slightest sense...