Word: sleighing
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Yale News says of Cornell co-education: "there have lately been some remarkably fierce feuds raised between the sophomore and freshman classes of the Northwestern University, which is a co-educational institution. It was begun by the sophomores locking the freshmen up and keeping them away from their class sleigh-ride and banquet. Several rushes of the male members of the classes took place after this, and among the female portion a lively hair-pulling contest was inaugurated. Last Thursday afternoon the freshmen retaliated by capturing several sophomores just as the entire class was about to start on a sleigh...
...largest bob sleigh in existence is the "Brooklyn Bridge" of Albany. The plank is 45 feet long, and 3 inches thick...
...enjoyable movement is the second, "A summer evening on the fiord," one of the features of which is a beautiful love song, given out by the clarinet and interrupted by the distant notes of the horns. The third movement is also pleasing, and may be supposed to represent a sleigh ride, as the prevailing figure suggests the sound of horses' feet and the triangle the sleigh-bells. The other two movements are exceedingly gloomy in character. In the first a lovely second subject gives some relief which is wanting in the last. As a whole the symphony is exceedingly interesting...
...generally pursued if gymnastics were not compulsory or took less time. Mr. Blaikie roused much enthusiasm for running last year, but it has gradually died out, and the nightly run of a quarter of a mile, required from the evening gymnastic classes, satisfies most of us. Class and club sleigh-rides, candy-pulls and 'spreads' make up the sum of our more informal winter festivities. Hallowe'en is celebrated as a time-honored custom. No amount of opposition has ever been able to do away with its mystic rites...
...college of the city of New York has a "Winter Sports Society" devoted to the encouragement of sleigh-rider, skating parties...