Word: roped
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Dates: during 1873-1873
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...better results could reasonably be expected. The fault lies elsewhere; it is in the fact that few who come here have received the slightest preparation for the life before them. It would be thought unfair to blindfold a child and expect him to perform creditably upon the tight-rope. But the parent and teacher do the same thing all the time, and are greatly chagrined at the result. You wish to give the charge intrusted you a Christian character? By all means; there is abundant room for such. But do not persuade yourselves that it can be made strong enough...
...BLOODY Monday Night" at Amherst consists in the Sophomore and Freshman Classes getting hold of the opposite ends of a rope and walking in different directions. The class which goes farthest is considered "cock of the walk." Pursuits worthy of the immortals...