Word: quarters
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...vital energy wasted! Such is the sentiment with which we read the Berkleyan's pulverization of Carlyle. "The War of Independence," "Last Quarter of the Nineteenth Century" furnish the pellets of a charge more remarkable for vigor than originality. We scarce remember to have seen, however, a more startling sense given to the metaphor of the feast of reason than when the writer likens Harvard degrees to the nectar of the gods, Harvard University to Vulcan exciting ridicule by playing Hebe, and Mr. Carlyle to a "little European godkin...
...first event was a one-mile run, in which A. L. Lowell, '77, and C. James, '79, were the only starters. James took the lead, and kept in advance until the end of the second quarter, when he was passed by Lowell, who won the race in 5 min. 2 1/2 sec. Mr. Lowell then mounted the judges' stand, and, after receiving his prize, - a magnificent silver tankard, - leaped from the stand to the ground, and disappeared in the crowd amidst loud shouts of applause. The next event was a one-mile walk between Green, '76; Taylor, '77; and Legate...
...Quarter-Mile...
...time forbidden to sell tickets to any matches or sports which might take place upon the field. It was of course necessary to dispose of the seats at once, and the Base-Ball Club, to which they belonged, was obliged to part with them for $25, - less than a quarter, if we are not mistaken, of their original cost...
...annual examination in one of the classical courses, the professor is reported to have said at a quarter past nine: "I have made out your marks, gentlemen...