Word: scalps
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...view of bringing one more championship to New Haven, for we are informed that a strong team has already been put in training, and that a challenge has been sent to the Harvard Polo Club. But this time, though it is evident that Yale is hunting for one more scalp wherewithal to complete the mural decorations of its wigwam, Harvard must beg to be excused. We don't play that kind of polo. We are lazy, it must be granted, but still it looks rather well to trot through our games on ponies, and, since we trot through our classics...
...lost the former and retained the latter. I became desperate: a Freshman stands before me with an uninjured prize upon his head. I rush at him; he perceives my intention and with both hands clasped tight on his "plug" bears on for dear life; he decides to retain his scalp rather than his hat. Victory! Our first rush is about over. The two sides are very evenly matched, neither seems to have any decided advantage. Every one now looks to himself to see if he has suffered any injury. I find that my eye has a tendency to close...
...seems to be the inevitable fate of colleges to have a great many rather passe society belles in their neighborhood, and Harvard fellows think they are extremely well, or rather ill favored in this respect," He thinks that the Advocate is likely after all to get the steward's scalp. He wants the Co-operative Society (striking suggestion) to undertake the management of a "university" reading room, in which the college and the Law School reading rooms shall be merged. "Basi" is his nom de plume...
Still waters run deep. The Advocate wants the steward's scalp as badly as ever, but its feelings at present are too deep for utterance. Wait...
...association. The mistake certainly should not be the cause of a stampede from the hall - such a result would be truly deplorable. It perhaps will deserve an investigation, if serious complaint is made in regard to it. The Advocate will certainly cry out again for Mr. Balch's scalp. If it can get it this time it will certainly deserve it. We doubt...