Word: mud
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...Think of the patriotic westerner debating with himself as to which one of the four hundred and fifty-six "monohippic" colleges he shall honor with his presence! What peculiar risk there is in going to Cornell we are at a loss to discover, unless, indeed, it is the Ithaca mud which the Era is constantly complaining...
Dress-suits are ruined as a general thing, either by the mud or the dust, and after having been, as in many cases, purchased for "that occasion only," prove useful only for the Poco or the faithful scout. Let us have caps and gowns by all means...
...ball was brought by Cushing between the goal-posts, the goal was not allowed. This ended the first half-hour. The second half being begun, Littauer led off, and the ball was at once driven toward the Canada goal. Here a lively scrimmage took place at the mud-puddles, and Leeds succeeded in obtaining another touch-down. Seamans kicked the ball over the goal, making a beautiful diagonal kick. After this the ball was still kept at the Canada goal, both Leeds and Herrick obtaining touch-downs, neither of which, however, was allowed. This ended the second half-hour...
...determined of our party to try the last resort, that of coot-shooting on the Point. In this undertaking even the elements combined against us; for on one occasion the eclipse of the moon had such an effect on the tide as to leave the harbor a mass of mud at the time appointed for sailing; and on another, a storm threatening, our prudent skipper would not put to sea. Space fails me to relate how, balked in all our plans of sport, the party at length resorted to the Harvard amusement of billiards and pool, and, returning through...
Sweeps o'er us like Nile with its Nubian mud...