Word: rolling
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Great Jove! And can these things be? The yard a lake of raging water, whose billows roll over the unprotected sidewalks, and never a glimmer of light at night to act as light-house on the vasty deep! This particular editor of the CRIMSON fell in three feet of water, and wandered off the main channel of the sidewalk into deeper gulfs twice last evening in voyaging from Holworthy to Weld. There was water everywhere, and nothing to guide him in it. The president is away, we know, but we must appeal to the pity and humanity of the residuary...
...smite the tables with their canes. Even this ear-splitting uproar does not do full justice to the enthusiasm of one group. So they leap upon their table, and thus elevated, stamping, smiting, clashing, pour forth their souls in song. We will not wait to see the last student roll under the table or stagger homeward in the gray dawn, but will withdraw to muse upon the scene...
...Directors of the Tennis Association, which I believe have charge of the tennis courts on Holmes Field, to the very great annoyance which arises from the want of back nets. The courts lie close together facing in every direction, so that a swift ball from one court will often roll through two or three others, causing great inconvenience to the players. The money for the back nets could no doubt easily be collected from those who play there frequently, as they would thus be saved the expense and inconvenience of "shacking...
...after November 1, meets an abuse which, during the last college year, has become especially noticeable. The men generally put down "anything" on their lists before they leave in the spring, and take their time up to the mid-year's to correct them. The result is that the roll-calls abound with men who never come near the courses, and the instructors are bored with a floating population of volatile individuals who have little idea what they want. The action of the faculty in this matter will meet the approval of all well-regulated students...
Lost. - A society constitution, in a roll covered with black oil-skin. A reward of $5.00 will be paid for the recovery, at Leavitt & Peirce...