Word: hops
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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June 3rd was Ivy day at Bowdoin. In the morning a ball game took place between the Bowdoins and the Tufts College nine in which the home team was victorious, 14 to 7. In the evening a very elaborate Ivy hop took place...
Several Harvard men attended a hop given by the officers of the "Tallapoosa" Wednesday...
Cornell is to introduce a new feature into her spring meeting in a race of the following kind : The whole distance to be covered is 300 yards ; the first 75 yards, walk, (square heel and toe) ; second 75 yards, hop ; third, 75 yards hurdle race (2 feet, 6 inches) ; and last, 75 yards...
...mile-walk will probably be the most interesting event of the day, owing to the variety of gaits which will be displayed. One freshman avows his intention of "running in the mile-walk," so if the Athletic Association chooses a judge who can tell a walk from a hop or a hop-skip-and-jump, there are chances for some fun with the freshman...
...event of the coming week will be the junior hop. It is given annually to the junior class by the members of the secret societies. Of these societies I will say more in the next letter. The hop draws many visitors to the town, most of them ladies, as there are hardly enough in Ann Arbor to supply partners for the devotees of the dance...