Word: muckeritis
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...useful, not only to its immediate members, but also to the college at large. It could give daily information of the state of the ice. It could make rules to settle the constantly arising disputes. It would enable us, in a measure, to get rid of the ever-present "mucker" who does so much to render the game unpopular. It could arrange a place of deposite where skaters could leave such superfluous articles as they should choose to lay aside for a moment. I have in mind other uses to which it could be put, but these are enough...
...master, Russel '87, led a pack of nine hounds in pursuit. The course led across the yard, through Divinity Avenue, and into Norton woods where the scent was lost for a few moments. The course now led towards the Somerville bleachery, and over Winter hill where the omnipresent "mucker" had laid false trails and baffled the hounds for several minutes. Picket fences, unpleasant bogs, vegetable gardens, etc, had to be crossed, but these difficulties only served to give more excitement to the sport...
...should not have courts of good turf, and my plan is this : that early next spring the ground be sodded and that a man be employed, whose duty it will be to keep the ground in order, and protect the place from that immortal nuisance, the Cambridge mucker...
...costume of the police squad is to consist of red hats, with visors about ten inches in length, blue coats "a lamode," white pantaloons, and last but not least, a billy about as large as a base ball bat. It is sincerely hoped that the vainglorious mucker will, by this display for once be vanquished...
...active, energetic policeman could stop all this. It might be a hard fight at first, but in a few months the thing would be accomplished. We happen to know that at Princeton there is a man for this purpose, and that the mucker nuisance does not exist there. Such a man could also take charge of the police force at all games, and see that the crowds are kept out-which certainly has never been done yet. Successful thefts have been made through the windows of ground floor rooms, and it is a wonder there are not more; these would...