Word: quarters
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...Quarter-Mile Run. Messrs. B. S. Blanchard '79, J. Holmes '79, T. Simmons...
...ball that went outside the ropes and was lost. Our Captain said that as no agreement had been made about that part of the field, his man was entitled to as many bases as he could get. The Yale men refused to play the game out, and after a quarter of an hour's parley our Captain agreed, for the sake of continuing the game, to send Fessenden back to second, and count one run only. Play was then resumed. Nothing more worthy of notice occurred, except in the last inning Duncklee caught a hot ball, for which...
...unless the weather prevents. The meeting will be governed by the same rules as last year's. The list of Events includes: One Mile Run, One-Mile Walk, Running High Jump, 100-Yards Dash, Half-Mile Run, Running Long Jump, Three-Mile Run, 120-Yards Hurdle-Race, Quarter-Mile Run, and Three-Legged Race...
...real grievance is, that the Directors, without consulting the wishes of the Association, but feeling strongly in favor of the change which they ultimately made, took upon themselves power to say that the student shall come at quarter past seven if he wish a good breakfast, and that he must come before half past eight if he wish any breakfast at all. This seems to us to be a proceeding which, though in this case productive of good, is legally unjustifiable. We understand that they have power, not to make laws, but only to carry out the wishes...
...accommodate both the early and the late risers. The plan was adopted, however, subject to the steward's approval, and as the steward objects to having the doors open for more than an hour, it cannot go into operation. It is now proposed to have breakfast from a quarter past seven to a quarter past eight. By this arrangement, it is claimed, everybody will be satisfied. The steward will not be obliged to prolong the time of breakfast; the diligent can get their morning repast reasonably early; and those who go to prayers can obtain admittance to the hall after...