Word: plank
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...been adorned with window shades, an extravagance which some conservatives may be ready to condemn, but which no former sufferer from Phoebus' rays will not hail with delight. Since the University has been ready to do so much for our comfort, the sanguine among us may hope to see plank-walks throughout the yard before the twentieth century dawns on the world...
...brave Harvard men away up in a balcony gave a duet consisting of the nine 'rahs, and the audience applauded. Hopke did not give up, but threw his belt away and lay down to tug like the rest of his men. The Harvards were lying at ease on the plank, Easton alone keeping his hands on the rope. Ten seconds before the expiration of the time limit they tugged again, and added enough to their advantage to make the final victory amount to 6 feet 4 inches. Each member of the winning team received a fine gold medal...
...Plank walks are now being laid in the yard...
That the Conference Committee should turn from the consideration of a practice which just so far it exists depreciates the value of the degree of every honest graduate, to the more "vital" questions of plank walks and "muckers," is by no means a self evident proposition. Surely the value of the Harvard degree should be a matter of vital importance to every undergraduate...
...largest bob sleigh in existence is the "Brooklyn Bridge" of Albany. The plank is 45 feet long, and 3 inches thick...