Word: potatoes
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...river the first day, and across the second, and on into the forests and fields and thicket-covered hillsides where he had left his rear-guard detachments, bristling with machine guns, to cover his withdrawal. So on we went all that day, through wheat and grass, and potato fields, through tangled thickets and stately groves and along roads and trails--all under a beautiful clear blue cloudless sky, through which the sun sailed merrily on, and through which, also, a flock of Boche airplanes soared and wheeled, directing the batteries on our poor tired devils, dropping bombs and spitting machine...
...centers in philological, historical, and mathematical problems. A genuinely broad mind, however, will not pronounce too hastily upon the comparative value of different kinds of mental effort, or effort devoted to the solution of different kinds of problems. If one finds, for example, that the Aroostook farmers talk about potato growing, and the western farmers about cattle feeding as incessantly as Harvard law students talk about law cases, one may have definite opinions as to which class of problems is least important, but one will be slow to decide which kind of talk is least educational. Similarly, if one finds...
There will be races in throwing beanbags, races with flags, races with medicine balls, races to set up candle pins, combination running and tossing races, potato races, in fact, every sort of race that is common in the grammar schools. In addition the girls of the high schools will hold an interclass meet in which there will be similar races and exhibitions of folk dancing. The class winning this meet will receive medals...
...series of athletic events has been arranged by the committee for the Senior Picnic. The field events will be the sack race, the three-legged race, the potato race, the obstacle race, and the relay race for teams of eight. Men wishing to enter the different events should sign the blue-book at Leavitt & Peirce's at once, as the number to compete is limited. There will also be tilting in row boats, for which entries in teams of three may be made at the same time. Baseball teams may be made up by all the members of a team...
...addition to the numerous side shows, the important events are, the obstacle race, sack race, tug-of-war, potato race, pie-eating contest, and greased pig race. Cups will be awarded to the winners of each event. An imperial German band, under the leadership of Herr Getzenschneider, has been engaged for the evening. It is up to every member of the class to turn out and make the affair a complete success...