Word: safely
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Tuesday evening, a party of students at Yale b. lit a fire around the old historical Durfee pump. The dry woodwork of the pump soon caught fire, and the perpetrators of the deed yelled for St. John from the safe seclusion of a window while the pump burned fiercely...
...good friends in danger of substituting for manly indifference to mere bodily ills, and an indomitable courage against all odds, a cowardly dread of all hurts? Do we not see that that is the case in the growing popularity of the safe but effeminate lawn tennis, and the substitution of artificial gymnastics for the healthier field sports of our transatlantic ancestors? The long line of puny, pale-faced, pimply youth to be seen to day in our midst must be protected; they must be put back in the nursery where big boys cannot bruise their sickly frames. How refreshing...
...field which was very slippery, making it almost impossible for our men to stand up, while the Ottawa team had lacrosse shoes, well adapted for such ground. Also much time was wasted in foolish disputes because neither the referee nor the Ottawa men thoroughly understood the game. It is safe to say however, that had the Ottawa team had a chance to practice one game the score would be somewhat different, for their rushers tackled very well, (although generally below the waist) and got through quickly and blocked well, while their backs were especially good at running and dodging. Their...
...year, on the university side, and in consequence they rarely get hold of a ball which is on the ground. The same may be said of the scrimmages. The desire to pick up the ball on the run, and thus make a brilliant play out weighs all ideas of safe if not conspicuous playing...
...safe to assert that it would be difficult to find a more uproarious place at night than the environs of Harvard, and especially of Harvard square. The noise and clamor continue until alter midnight. It is a mixture of noises compounded of passing bands, cheering, yells and street car bells. There is at least one sufferer who has found scarcely any sleep, or opportunity or mood for study for the last two weeks. Cambridge outrivals some of the worst cities of the west. This is an unfortunate fact, especially after what has been heard of Eastern culture and refinement...