Word: presbyterian
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Scotland, bannocks (wheel-shaped oatmeal cakes) were rolled down the hillsides, later gave way to hard-boiled eggs. Across the Irish Sea the custom was known as "trundling," and one Irish historian noted suspiciously that "it is a curious circumstance that this sport is produced only by the Presbyterians." No Presbyterian, President Rutherford B. Hayes, a para-Methodist, established egg rolling on the White House lawn. Before his time, children had rolled their eggs down the Capitol slopes as a climax to their annual Sunday School Union parades, but Congress was fussy about its grass, and ordered them...
Barnaby said that the team "was not as sharp as against Presbyterian, but then again it didn't have to be. Too frequently we win the first set and relax and lose the second, forcing the match into three sets," he added. "We need to keep the pressure on at all times...
Sophomore Steve Gottlieb, who was number one on the southern trip and four in the last two matches, quit the team during the week and, as a result, all players below three have moved up a position. Otherwise, the order will be the same as against Presbyterian, with Maynard Canfield filling...
...Presbyterian's Al Morris, 18th in the country, played somewhat erratically, netting many volleyes, but managed to defeat the varsity's number one, Ham Gravem, 8-6, 6-2. Captain Alex Haogler, at two, played well in the first set, but fell apart in the second, losing to Dick Macateo...
...three set match, Jerry Hunt, Presbyterian's number three, boat Brooks Harris, 7-5, 4-6, 6-1. With the score tied four all in the second set, Harris, playing aggressively, took the next two games and the first game of the third set, but Hunt rallied to win six straight, ending the match with a clean...