Word: referring
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...York papers are speaking of the recent boom in lacrosse, but continue to refer to Princeton as the holder of the Oelrichs...
...reflex actions. Did all nerves terminate in the spinal cord and none of them enter the brain, there could be no such thing as sensation, and parts of the body might be badly injured without the person knowing it. The law of eccentric projection is that by which we refer sensation to the end of the nerve on which it is received, instead of at the point of contact with exciting cause. Neuralgia is caused by anything that worries or troubles a person's mind. Malaria is also a fruitful cause of neuralgia...
...turn to this latest trouble. I refer to the benches which are placed across the floor of the gymnasium during the winter meetings. The various officers of the day sit thereon, but we are able to "sit upon" them only in print. The motive for thus placing these benches on the floor is indeed praiseworthy; but the result is very sad, for these benches and their occupants obstruct the view of nearly half the audience. The wrestling of last Saturday, for example, could not be seen by those seated in the south end of the gymnasium, except from...
...particular, we further refer to the reproductions of the "National-Galerie" as of a very fine and magnificent ornament for the room. These pictures, published by the direction of the "National Galerie," are colored and of a middle great size; they exist both unframed (for rolling up) and also framed in a very splendid manner...
...beginning of the second half-year is justly considered a fitting time for rejoicing. There is one community in college, however, which certainly deserves our pity at this period of general mirth and festivity. We refer to the upperclassmen who are so unfortunate as to room in the north entry of Thayer. From time to time we have heard vague rumors concerning the action of certain freshmen in that entry. In the absence of any definite proof to sustain such rumors, we have passed the matter over in silence. A few nights ago, however, we had the misfortune...