Word: ringing
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...south-west corner; and towards the juniors the freshmen will sit next, leaving three feet between them and the sophomores along the south side to the south-east corner. The graduates will sit from the southeast corner towards the entrance. After the cheering the seniors will form two rings around the tree, the juniors two rings outside of them; the sophomores, two rings outside of the juniors, and the freshmen one ring outside of all. All classes will stand still in rings and will sing "Auld Lang Syne," while the band plays. As the seniors (both rings) begin to move...
...false ring in these lines makes them foolish. It is a common thing for all poetry of this kind to be written about the sea, until in truth, it becomes all "endless sea" to the reader. No poetry is so easy to write as this ; no poetry is so utterly worthless when written. The most remarkable verse we have met, one which expresses the feelings the sea stirred up in the poet, and in which the author seems to be in a sort of ecstasy of grief and woe while giving one the impression that he was "born tired...
Suicide would seem to be the only thing left for the unfortunate writer as "sorrows crowd upon him thickly," and his "life is like a gloomy night." Again we have the false ring, bringing with it as a matter of course, ridicule. Sincerity is of value in any thing under heaven, but nowhere more than in poetry of any decent kind. This is a point the "ridiculous poets" always forget...
...With many others, I have long shared the opinion that a broader circle should be represented. The board, as at present constituted, contains only two members, Messrs. Sargent and Weld, both of New York, outside of what I may be permitted to call, in no invidious sense, "the Boston ring." There seems to be no reason why the outgoing members, eligible for re-election, Messrs. Codman Hodges and Smith, should not be denominated. If to these, John D. Washburn, of Worcester, of the class of 1853, and Charles W. Clifford, of New Bedford, of the class of 1865, be added...
...were all alive when the ring contest was over at the prospect of a hard struggle for the tug-of-war championship. The delay before the teams appeared was not as great as usual. At Mr. Coolidge's request the andience remained seated and quiet. '87 won the toss and Cochrane the anchor took the north end of the hall. The men were soon in place, Simes, Gorham, Boyden, and Gilman (anchor) on the junior cleats and Olglesby, Litchfield, Remington and Cochrane (anchor), freshmen. With but little dalay Dr. Sargent gave the word when the tape was above the line...