Word: rushing
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Perhaps one of the most curious accounts in the book is a long article on the "Burial of Mr. Football" in the year 1861, when the annual Sophomore-Freshman rush was forbidden by the Faculty. An excerpt from the account is printed: "Dearly Beloved: We have met together upon this mournful occasion to perform the sad office over one whose long and honored life was put to an end in a sudden and violent manner. Last year at this very time, this very place, our poor friend's round, jovial appearance (slightly swollen, perhaps), and the elasticity of his movements...
...change has been made necessary in the rush-line by an injury in the ear suffered by R. K. Kane '22, one of the most valuable men in the line. His place will be filled by W. D. Hubbard...
Those who have been accustomed to juggling coreal and "toast with" during the rush hours in Jimmie's Lunch Room will doubtless welcome the news that "Jimmie" is to open a new establishment in the basement of the Lampoon building to take the overflow from the present shop...
...long list of Harvard football captains. And this one is singular in that it is the first name that can be written into annals of football since 1916. Football has been the last of the sports to be resumed after the war, but it has come with a rush. The University once more has a team which will take the field as in days of yore. Preparations for the big game are well under way, and the whole College is enthusiastically looking forward to a season which will avenge the defeat of 1916. In Captain Murray the team has chosen...
...downs after Humphrey kicked-off to Bates, the Crimson quarter-back intercepted a pass thus making a gain of 5 yards and putting the ball on Bates 45 yard line. First down was made by Church's dash around left end and Humphrey's buck through center. Another rush was followed by a pretty forward pass from Humphrey to J. K. Desmond, Occ., on the 1 yard line. Hamilton gained the goal line by a dive through center, but failed to kick the goal...