Word: rashness
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...fact anything they could lay their hands on. The fool-hardiness of some who poured on kerosene from tin cans, which the flames almost seemed to envelop was extraordinary; it is only a wonder that the bon-fire had not served as a funeral pile for these rash youths. Balch, the anchor of the tug-of-war team, was the hero of the hour; again and again he was carried around the fire on the shoulders of his exultant classmen. The presence of the army of proctors and their redoubtable general was the only thing needed to add zest...
...needed. The pulpit alone is lighted, while the poor beings below and above stand in the dim, sacred light of the painted windows and vainly endeavor to make out through the gloom the big letters of the psalm books. Much good eyesight is being uselessly squandered in these rash attempts to follow the service, while the "powers that be" calmly look on at the destruction...
...lover of the good and manly game of foot ball, allow me to enter my protest against any rash condemnation of the game. I am sadly aware that the present tendency is to emasculate all games and exercises, and frown on strength and courage as old fashioned things, relics of the dark ages; to teach our youth that all games requiring these qualities are brutal and degrading...
...size between the men who compose this year's eleven and those of the former years. The playing of the team, as a whole, lacked unity. Every man seems to play for himself. This is especially noticeable among the forwards. The great fault with the playing of the rash line, as it appeared to your correspondent, was not blocking hard enough, and not playing sharp enough. As regards the half-backs, their kicking is very good, but fumbling occurs too frequently, and not enough attention seems to be paid to running and dodgeing...
...steadily forced the bow of their shell forward so fast that at a mile and a half from the start they were ahead and still gaining. It was then the turn of the Harvard supporters to give vent to their enthusiasm, which they did in a series for frantic "rash" and cries of "Harvard ! Harvard !!" until they were hoarse. But this happy state of affairs was not to last and at the end of a few minutes Yale was again in front and this time for good. From the two and a half mile flag the Yale crew continued...