Word: shouting
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...last inning the men on the benches began to shout every time Woodcock raised his arm and did their best to rattle him. It is to be hoped that this will not happen again...
...team gathered completely about him preparatory to sending Lake behind the wedge, the excitement was almost painful, it was so intense. The ball was snapped back and there was a moment's silence. The two lines came together and the V began to break up. Then a mighty shout went up from Harvard's side of the field, for Lake had forged out to the right, and had advanced the ball ten yards before he was weighted down by a wriggling, pushing, hauling mass of humanity. The men were up in a moment, and now the rushers were face...
...given?" The possible answers considered are, "for the physical benefit of the men who participate in them," "for the honor of the institution which may indulge in them," and lastly, "for the benefit of the undergraduate, who honors out-of-door sport, and who supports it with his heartiest shout and his unbounded enthusiasm." The Advocate rightly says that the first answer is wrong, that the second is subordinate and that the third is or should be the correct answer. There is room for doubts whether the value of the second benefit enumerated is rightly estimated. It is true that...