Word: seemly
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...their share in the evolution of the great American custom: "Whether Yale or Harvard was guilty of docking the "hurrah" of its first syllable, and making the syllables, "rah, rah, rah" do duty in the guise of "three cheers," it is now impossible to ascertain. The two colleges, however, seem jointly responsible for spreading a depraved taste for "rah" among other colleges and in setting the fashion of distinctive college cheers. Doubtless Yale and Harvard have done much to expand the chests and cultivate the biceps of American youth, but these benefits have been dearly purchased at the price...
...graduates of the Boston Latin School to the announcement of the annual dinner of the Latin School Association which is to take place next week. The dinner has become one of Boston's old and time-honored institutions, and the gathering is always a most enjoyable one. It seems particularly appropriate that the dinner should be held at Parker's, which stands on the site occupied by the first building of the school in 1635. In view of the fact that there are over eighty men in college who are graduates of the school, it would seem that the younger...
...gentleman, if he naturally inclines toward ruffianism. The fact of it is, there should be no necessity for rules against intentional unfairness and brutality in a game where the contestants are the representatives of America's three leading universities. When one stops to think of it, does it not seem a burning shame that fellows who come from the most refined class of people in the country must needs have rules, warnings, etc., before they can play a manly and honorable game ? But experience has shown the futility of relying on this spirit of manliness which is supposed to characterize...
...necessary to say a few words about a nuisance that all students are compelled to put up with,-playing a musical instrument out of hours. It would seem almost too obvious a fact to mention that all such performances are most disagreeable to those in the neighborhood of the player's room ; and yet from the blissful unconsciousness with which these musical attempts are continued, it really appears to be necessary to call attention to it. Music, between the regulation hours of three and nine, doubtless "hath charms to soothe the savage breast," but we are forced to say that...
...changes in the foot-ball rules which were made in the recent Inter-collegiate convention seem to us to be both wise and practicable. The alteration in the number of points that a safety and a touchdown count is manifestly a much fairer valuation than that which the old method employed. Rule 17 which reads "a player cannot be off-side play. Rules 19 and 38 as now amended seem to cove the points they bring up, much more satisfactorily than the old ones. A most judicious change has also been made in having the games for the future refereed...