Word: scene
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...what more could be wanted? At any rate, from this height of vantage the town was taken by storm; passing teams were urged to a race, and that, too, while climbing a hill; the hotel was, however, soon reached, and the prospective contest prevented. There ensued a scene of confusion worse confounded than to some seemed necessary. It must be decided how to arrange rooms, and a good half hour was consumed in getting settled. That done, and supper over, a regiment of dress-suited fellows issued from the hotel and marched to martial music in the direction...
Jarvis Field was the scene of the contest; but old Jarvis had undergone a great transformation since the days of Eliot the First. A soft, closely cropped turf covered the broad field, and on either side were lofty grand stands, equalled in beauty of architecture only by the ancient amphitheatre of Pompey. Everything indicated that Harvard had recovered from that dread disease, impecunia...
...taken by Hallowell. After some spirited rushing, time was again called to give Noble time to recover from a heavy fall. A rush by Holden sent the ball into dangerous proximity to the senior goal, but a powerful punt by Fiske, and some sharp rushing temporarily transferred the scene of action to the other end of the field. At this point in the game, Porter secured the ball, and traversed nearly the entire length of the field, passing every man on the senior team. Just as he seemed certain of his touchdown, however, he was tackled by Fiske...
Thoughts of some dire calamity at once seized every mind, and more than one dignified senior was about to hurry for the scene of an imagined disaster, when, as a flash from the dying embers of the enthusiastic fire of his freshman days, came this happy thought, and his heart was put at rest. It was Thursday noon and these were freshmen eager for their fill of chemistry and fireworks...
...slight accident which occurred during the last game between the junior and sophomore elevens has furnished material to one of the Boston papers for drawing a most startling picture of "deadly foot-ball" at Harvard. The scene as represented is very realistic, and exhibits evident talent of a high order in the writer. But notwithstanding the highly readable character of the article, we fear that its author drew largely from a heated immagination in its preparation. We are sorry to hear that such "rivalry and ill-feeling" exists between the junior and sophomore classes. But we fear that...