Word: showered
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Yale News says that before the Harvard-Yale game "every man in the nine was perfection; now he is damnation." It is too often the custom after a defeat to shower abuse on every individual member of the defeated nine, instead of regarding the affair in a philosophical manner, well knowing that in base-ball an almost perfect nine is bound to have its "off-days." After a defeat, a nine should be encouraged to do better in the future. It is bad enough for a nine to be beaten, without receiving the abuse of the whole college, after months...
...speed, and he was closely followed, Professor Moore using his cane about the arms and shoulders of the fugitive with good effect. When they reached a vacant lot in front of Professor Pike's residence Paine fell, and, before he could rise, was caught, it is claimed, in a shower of blows from Professor Moore's stick. He gained his feet, crying, "I can't stand this. Stop or I will shoot!" at the same time drawing a revolver and waving it over his head. Professor Pike came up with him, and, thinking his own life in danger, presented...
...blooming fresh., suspected of being cheeky, was greeted with a copious shower of water as he sallied forth for church in gorgeous attire, some Sundays since. Let the good work go on. [Orient...
...space for the regular marching and dumb bell exercises. It is to have all the modern appliances for gymnastics and physical exercise. The basement is to contain regular bath rooms, a spray bath room of 8 feet by 10, a hot room to dry and rub down in, a shower bath room, sparring room, statistic room, billiard rooms and bowling alleys. The base-ball and tennis room is to be 100 feet long and 40 feet wide, surrounded by a wire cage. There is also to be a fine running track and rooms for three students, whose duty it will...
Much difficulty is found at the gymnasium in getting a pleasurable mean of temperature in the water in the shower-bath room. It usually seems determined to be either scalding hot, or icy cold...