Word: relic
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...relic and type of our ancestors' worth...
...must have a draw. Now a draw is an expensive and unornamental luxury, but if the War Department is disposed to be arbitrary in the matter, then let us have a bridge with a draw, provided only that it be wide, strong, and reasonably artistic. The old wooden relic has been too long an eyesore in its attractive surroundings, a menace to the lives of the many who are forced to use it, and an obstruction to traffic...
...ahead at the end of the allotted time, volunteers from the side lines would appear in sufficient numbers to warrant a score by one of the teams and it was usually the team that had the most friends among the spectators that secured the victory. This was perhaps a relic of the ancient by-gone days when in no less of an affair than a championship intercollegiate contest the sympathizers of one of the contending teams swarmed on the field at the psychological moment and wrenched the goal posts form the ground to prevent their opponents from scoring a goal...
...relic and type of our ancestors' worth...
...Zaporo Indians of Peru. Dr. J. C. Jones has donated a collection of New Guinea weapons and implements from the islands of the Pacific. From Dr. W. C. Woodworth come cooking implements of the New Hebrides Islanders, Fiji baskets, and other objects collected among the Pacific Islands. A relic of much interest, recently acquired, is a primitive dugout canoe, which was discovered in 1847 in the bottom of a small lake in the Berkshires...