Word: prize
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...field sports of Michigan University last week, one rather novel event was to capture a greased pig. The prize for capturing the unfortunate animal was a set of Dictens' works valued at twenty-two dollars. The Co-operative society of the university offered the prize. THe Michigan Argonaut says that "this new and most enjoyable feature of the exercises is one that should be retained in the future...
MATCH B. Same conditions as above, except that former prize winners are barred...
MATCH C. 10 glass balls, thrown at 5 angles, 18 yards rise. Open to freshman members of the club who have never won a club prize...
...being girded on, I heard a voice as if from the depths of Thayer saying, "Return with our plug or without your skull." There was no mistaking it. I had lost the former and retained the latter. I became desperate: a Freshman stands before me with an uninjured prize upon his head. I rush at him; he perceives my intention and with both hands clasped tight on his "plug" bears on for dear life; he decides to retain his scalp rather than his hat. Victory! Our first rush is about over. The two sides are very evenly matched, neither seems...
...freshmen rector must be chosen in a few days, I wish to urge the freshmen riders to join as soon as possible. As a further inducement I will remind them that no rider who is not a member of the club is eligible for a prize in any hare and hound run, or can even enter the annual spring races. The secretary's room is 18 Hilton block. Membership fee $3.00, including shingle...