Word: quartered
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...great objection to Jarvis now is the very fact that two-thirds of the spectators are non-paying. It is, too, a very lamentable fact that very many students are among this crowd. It is to their disgrace. There may be a few who can't afford a quarter or a half-dollar, but at every game there are many outside who could well afford the price of admission, and it is much to their discredit that they choose to show such an example of meanness. No words can be too strong to denounce such conduct. The "mucker" element...
Some friend of Yale's athletic interests has offered a cup worth twenty-five dollars to the winner of the quarter mile runs at the spring meeting...
...nature of the secrets which are so carefully guarded, the existence of which however, is thus signified to the public. If this inquiry happens to be addressed to an older member of one of these societies-a graduate, say, who left college a score of years or a quarter of a century ago-it will be answered by a smile which conveys the idea-which, very likely, will also be verbally expressed-that the secrets are of no account. If the question happens to be directed to one of the young members of some of these fraternities, the stranger receives...
...women as well as to young men. With a few alterations the routine of life at Girton is very much the same as in all the ladies' colleges. The hours of refection are much the same as in all homes. Breakfast, after prayers at eight, goes on from a quarter-past eight to nine. Luncheon is a movable feast from twelve to three. The dinner hour is six. There is tea at four, and again at nine in the evening. The lectures are generally given in the afternoon. There is a reading-room, with use of pianos. The students...
...informal race between the freshman and Union crews yesterday afternoon, the latter crossed the line winners by about three-fourths of a boat-length. The freshmen pulled pluckily and in good form, although showing up rather poor at the start. The course was a mile and a quarter in length, from the Brookline bridge to the Union boat house. Included among the spectators were a number of prominent sporting men from Boston...