Word: roped
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...know once for all that this progressive university cannot carry out to the end all plans for your welfare, nor exercise a parential care over you, thus inculcating the first principles of independence of action. The lesson to be learned in this case is, that if you buy a rope about 150 feet long, and fasten it to the staple, you might escape, provided the rope did not burn before you reached the ground." What we wish to impress on everybody is, that if he neglects to obtain a rope after the generous advance of a staple, his blood...
...prepared for Harvard at the Newton High School and entered the freshman class in the fall of 1880. His great physical strength gained for him one of the foremost places in college athletics. At the winter meetings of his sophomore year he won first prizes in both wrestling and rope-climbing. He also held a prominent place on the University foot-ball team in both his junior and senior years, and as a member of the tug of-war team which represented Harvard at the last inter-collegiate games in New York his great strength contributed much toward the success...
...WARtrial pulls were taking place. Seven teams were entered; Cornell. Columbia, Lafayette, Lehigh, Harvard, University of Pennsylvania and Yale. In the first round Harvard was pitted against Cornell, who got the drop by two inches, because Easton had too short a rope. Harvard easily pulled it away, and when time was called the ribbon was 18 inches on Harvard's side of the scratch. The second round brought the Harvard team face to face with Yale who, having drawn a bye before, were perfectly fresh. Harvard won the drop by one inch and then heaved and obtained eight inches...
...ROPE CLIMBING.In this event Messrs Allen, '84 and Pudor, '86, entered. The event was very gamely contested. Mr. Allen reached the top of the gymnasium, a distance of 43 feet 3 7 8 inches, in 20 7-8 seconds. This event ought not to be contested without the harness, as the men really run great risks when spurting...
...Easton (anchor). The freshmen won the toss and took the south end. The drop was almost even, the Lawmen having a little the advantage. Easton soon made the line come over. The Law Schoolmen took it easy and often eased up, while Easton held the rope. At the end, the ribbon was five inches to their credit...