Word: planking
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...plank walk whereon...
...Gymnasium have been abused. Some persons who were too aristocratic to lie down would put the cricket in the tub and sit on it. This, of course, was ruining the bottom of the tubs, and to stop it the crickets have been taken away and replaced by plank seats...
...last man called on before the meeting adjourned was the Literary man. "On the shield, Mr. President, I would have a large volcano, called H. U.; out of the mouth of the volcano would be flying plank walks, scholarships free to all, voluntary chapel, and smashed marking systems. The powerful force within the volcano would be called the Crimson. For supports, I would have on one side a large pile of contributions, and on the other a long subscription-list. For a motto, 'Let that be supported which supports...
...Trustees of your University have promised to present me with the old Gymnasium, if I will agree to connect University and the Agassiz Museum with a telephone, and lay down plank walks in the Yard. I have agreed to do this, and so the entrance to the tube will be at the Gymnasium, and the exit at the billiard-room of Parker's. The modus operandi is as follows: You sit inside of the tube on a seat like those of the rowing-machines, a wad is placed at your back, and at a given signal a Yale man kicks...
...Register of college news, the Advocate of plank walks, the Echo of every noble College sentiment...