Word: legend
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...their fathers." Yesterday we published the first of a series of articles recalling the victories and defeats and hard-won fights of the various notable athletic teams which have represented Fair Harvard on flood and field in bygone days. The compiler of these historical potpourris has many a curious legend to tell, - of how that famous crew of 185 - , or was it 186, - when hard pressed by her mighty opponents on Lake Winnipiseogee, and almost swamped by the mighty sea and threatening waves, succeeded at last in getting upon the crest of a heavy rowller, upon which they easily passed...
...head of the '87 column was borne a transparency bearing the legend - "We are John Harvard; take your pick." A second bore two verses from Holmes' celebrated poem about "the freshman class of one," while the third, and most amusing, read as follows: "We are the oldest living undergraduates; We entered in 1657 and expect to graduate in 1887; Disfigured, but still in the ring; We live in hope...
...books full of copied notes, written up hurriedly from the books of a large circle of friends. They are insignificant, and uncharacteristic except in so far as they show the slinking habits of the owner. Next comes the note-book in flexible covers, bearing generally some such printed legend as the "Students Own Blank Book." These are used by men who take few and careless notes, and after a few days they get the air of a grocery order book. Above these rank the larger stiff covered note-books of all shapes and sizes, men using these are worthy...
...this a "grind," but it is not, it is not even a lie. The elder Pliny was a grind, and Vitellius Spiculus was a grind. But they had brains and it paid them to grind. It is even said that the elder Pliny wore glasses. There is an old legend which is to-day told in one of the Swiss villages among the Alps, to the effect that the great Julius stopped there on his way to interview the mighty man of the Helvetii, and it was noticed that the great statesman never raised his eyes throughout his stay from...
...portions of which were printed in the Advertiser and Record of Saturday, was replete with local hits, and the applause with which it was received by the class, showed how well it was appreciated. The oration was delivered by Mr. J. H. Huddleston, who took for his text, the legend of the Holy Grail, and from it laid down sage precepts for the guidance of eighty-six. Mr. A. P. Gardner, the toast master, called upon the following gentlemen to respond to toasts: "Eighty-six," Mr. Barnes; "The Junior Year," Mr. T. T. Baldwin; "Politics," Mr. Merriam; "The Junior Crew...