Word: possessed
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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There being no local feeling of rivalry between class nines and players, we go into inter-collegiate contests without any preparation as to the matter of preserving steadiness at critical points, and probably at the outset a little afraid of our opponents, we do not possess that necessary determination to win, backed up by the confidence that our ability and skill deserve, a victory...
...whereas the former calls on all parts alike. Runners are also much more elastic in movement, and their muscles respond with a readiness that is entirely unknown among those who aim at mere strength or the development of a certain part; hence it follows that persons who desire to possess quick, active muscles, a full, rounded evenly-developed body, a deep chest and a lithe, graceful carriage, should make running one of their favorite exercises...
...foot-ball league among the New England colleges outside of Yale and Harvard; each college to play one game with every other, and the one winning the greatest number of matches to be champion for the year, Yale and Harvard are to be excluded, because the advantage they possess in being able to pick their teams from a number of candidates greatly in excess of any of the other colleges, added to several years of experience, at present practically precludes the possibility of others competing with them, with any chance of success...
...member of '84 at Yale is said to possess a terrier famous for rat-hunting, as well as a pet badger. The following highly dramatic account of their actions appears in a prominent place in a New York daily. The story is very edifying. The fable of the badger reads: "The badger escaped from its owner one morning, and took refuge in the catch-basin to a sewer, corner of State and Chapel streets, and the police and general public were much interested in effecting the capture of the animal. Crowds of men and boys gathered at the sewer entrance...
...Sybarite, spend the remaining hours of the day in his lodge, blissfully unconscious of the wants of the unfortunate beings who are dependent upon him. If he is very obliging he will leave open the door of his lodge in order to remind passers-by that the college does possess an institution called janitors...