Word: laying
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Under the present circumstances he considers the college the suitable place to lay the physical foundation for a man's life, to further this end he advocates compulsory attendance at gymnasium exercises of a graded character, suited to the needs of each individual student. He deprecates the custom in some places of keeping the student for ever at the same exercises, as he needs change and advancement in physical as well as in mental study. In conclusion, although he recognizes the value of such sports as foot-ball, rowing and base-ball, he considers a well conducted gymnasium as best...
...have accepted. Therefore, the difficulty of last summer is practically settled. We shall not trump up old issues and argue as to the advisability of having accepted this challenge, but since the die has been cast and the crew pledged to row, we call on every man to lay aside personal prejudice and to support the crew to the best of his ability. Many men are probably not satisfied that Harvard has made due reparation in sending a challenge without an accompanying apology. They therefore deem it unworthy of our dignity to row the Cambridge crew, and are loath...
...does the College lay a brick walk in front of Holworthy, and then arrange the spouts from the roof of the building so that they discharge directly upon the walk, giving us an inch or two of water in summer and an icy sheet in winter...
...senior crew being unable to find a candidate for captain will lay the matter before the class in a meeting to be held early next week...
...something like four hundred dollars. In addition to this there would be the cost of training the four and the substitutes, the transportation to the place of the race and the quarters at the place of race, - all aggregating a sum which we do not feel disposed to lay out in consideration of the small benefit which we could derive from the regatta...