Word: lieing
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Therefore, while we are disposed to look with favor upon the idea of inter-collegiate regattas as furthering the cause of boating in other colleges, we are compelled to keep ourselves out of such races, for the reason that our interests lie in other quarters, and that our important races with Yale and Columbia occupy all the attention that the college can well devote to inter-collegiate rowing contests...
...papers, provided such assistance is needed.' The neophyte fancies that this obligation has no hidden meaning, but he soon finds his mistake. It is not enough that he gives cigars and lends 'ponies' to his fellow Alpha Delta Phi. Under the apparently innocent words, 'tobacco,' 'ponies' and 'examination papers,' lie hidden meanings which are sooner or later boldly declared. Tobacco is found to be synonymous with all valuable property - money, lands and stocks. The 'pony,' instead of being a translation of a Greek or Latin author, means nothing less than life, and 'examination papers' means all the energies which...
...rumored that when the result was telegraphed from Cambridge to Princeton, an impulsive Princetonian promptly telegraphed back : "That's a lie; send me the correct score." He could appreciate a good sell, but when it came to imposing upon his sober common sense and sound judgment, it was more than he could stand. - [News...
...instruction of the German empire, it is reported, has recently issued a circular addressed to the authorities of the various gymnasia and universities of the country instructing them to encourage athletic sports at these institutions in every way in their power. The reason for this move is said to lie in the alarming deterioration that is beginning to appear in the physical character of the youth of the country - in the graduates of the public universities and gymnasia of Germany. When this condition of affairs is compared with the condition of the universities and schools of England the difference...
...referred to the corporation with or without recommendation. The Crimson is progressive, we know, and we admire its progressive spirit, but, as in the present instance, let not its head in its progression get so far ahead of its feet that the feet stumble over the facts which lie plainly on the ground before them...