Word: rising
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Harvard student has been up the greater part of the night bedaubing with black paint the bronze statue of the founder of the institution, or painting in the same fashion the name of his class on the outside of the chapel, it is a hardship to make him rise in the morning and go to prayers. He is naturally exhausted with his night's struggle in behalf of the "black letter" art, and needs the sleep and rest of the morning hour.-[Detroit Free Press...
...tend to perfect repose and rest of mind. The janitor making the fires at 4 A. M., the click of the letter box in the early morning, and the peripatetic student overhead, who studies by the lap, are minor and soothing noises." We thank Snodkins for his courtesy; rise, bid him adieu, and leave the room just in time to hear a party of six or eight go tearing through the hall, and down the stairs, four steps at a time, yelling at the top of their lungs. "Stop," says Snodkins, thrusting his head out of the door, "that...
...smaller, to be sure, but why should not the men turn out in good numbers and show that the interest in foot ball does not decrease. Because the probability of success is not always the same, the good will, which means the active interest of the students, should not rise and fall, but should remain steady as long as the game continues to be worthy of support...
MATCH A. 10 clay birds, thrown at 5 angles, 16 yards rise. Open to all members...
MATCH C. 10 glass balls, thrown at 5 angles, 18 yards rise. Open to freshman members of the club who have never won a club prize...