Word: horned
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...soon lost, and Exeter made three touch-downs and compelled '89 to make a safety. During the second three-quarters, McKean's nose was broken. Mr. Fisk, '86, was referee. The team was treated very courteously by Exeter. The following players made up their team: rushers, Bass, Fiske, Hansen, Horn, Cranston, Gotzain, Hooper; quarter back, Wurtenberg (capt.); half backs, Rice and Meara; full back, Morrison; substitute, Tracy...
...celebrate their tug-of-war victory. The overture of the improvised orchestra, composed of fishhorns, policeman's rattles, cow bells, etc., lasted for a half hour or more. After they could shout no longer by reason of hoarseness and loss of wind caused by the blowing of their infernal horns, the freshmen began to raid grocers' back-yards for fuel for a bonfire. A hugh pile was soon collected in front of University, and quickly kindled. As soon, however, as the wood was fairly burning, the nightwatchman appeared on the scene with buckets of water and nearly extinguished the fire...
...Shakespeare Club had great difficulty, it is rumored, in deciding upon a name. Shakespeare Club, Boylston Club, Elocution Club, Harvard Oratorical Society were proposed; then The Gas Bag, The Jones Club, and The Spouting Horn were proposed. A compromise was proposed in the form of "The Shakespeare-Boylston Elocution Club of Oratory and Dramatic Art," which was rejected...
...Master shall be appointed by the Harvard Athletic Association, before each meeting. He shall, if he sees fit, appoint no more than two assistants, to be called first and second "Whips," respectively. He shall carry a whistle or horn, and in a "show hunt" shall control the action of the pack by the following signals : by blowing once to stop, and twice...
They do not object on such occasion to cheering, to music, or illuminations by lanterns, gas, or Bengal lights in the yard, or to fireworks on Jarvis or Holmes field, provided that all demonstrations cease by eleven o'clock P. M. They object to and forbid bonfires, horn-blowing, and noisy or dangerous fireworks...