Word: right
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...would involve a confiscation of private property. The owner of land on the border of a stream has, by common law, a right to the use of the water.- Nation...
...bicycle road race next Saturday between Harvard and M. I. T. will be over a course beginning at a point about half mile this side of Newton Corners, thence to Newtonville, then turning to the right directly through West Newton to the Great Sign Boards; then turning to the left back to the starting pointvia Beacon and Walnut streets, a distance of nine miles. Harvard's team will consist of Rogers, '90. Bailey, '91, Barron. '91, Brown, '91, Greenleaf, '92, Wirts, '92, and Holmes, '92. There will be a run over the course this afternoon at 4 o'clock, starting...
...matter of course, he would pay at the regular training table what he had been accustomed to pay before. While the necessary expenses of a training table will be borne by the college, the entire cost will not, and the men at the training tables have no right to expect it. We are charitable enough to assume that all unpaid bills of this nature are the result of carelessness rather than selfishness on the part of the debtors...
Boyden led the Beacons last season in batting, with an average of .393, total .500, in seven games. His fielding average, was .864, for the positions of pitcher, second base, and centre and right fields. Smith's batting average in fourteen games was .236, total .345; fielding .811 for the positions of pitcher, first and second bases, and right field. Foster, who played left field in fifteen games, with a fielding average of .697, had a batting average of .210, total .258. Nichols in seven games had an average of .143, total .214 for batting and .667 for fielding...
...portion of an earthen vessel and a roll of copper. The solitary skeleton was about six feet from the group. Under the skull was a number of beads and wampum strings. The skeletons were not more than twelve or fourteen inches under ground. Nearly all were lying on the right side, with knees drawn up to the chin, and facing the east. The soil in which they lay was of a sandy character and not especially adapted to the preservation of the bodies...