Word: smarts
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...compliment, the marquis, glad to get out of his troubles, figuratively says, "Bless you, my children." Mr. Lander played the title role in his own work very well, and if he will cut it down from four acts to three it may achieve some success as there is smart repartee and clever word fencing in it. - Toronto Referee. Mr. Lander will be remembered in Cambridge as a member of the class...
Some more hacks loaded with heavy graduates intervened between the Cup and the Law School. The drum corps of that body was excellently! drilled by that skilled tactician, Mr. J. A. Frye, and dressed in smart policemen's uniforms they formed a very pleasing feature of the show. Their leading transparency informed the public that they were "drumming for clients." Their other transparencies, though all based on legal catches were exceedingly clever. One represented "Circuity of Action," as exemplified by a corporal's arm and a trim maiden's waist; its reverse, by a diagram of a gentleman birching...
...great event of the afternoon was the middle-weight sparring between G. R. Ashe, '87, and I. R. Thomas, '88. Thomas is twenty pounds heavier and a little shorter than Ashe, who is of very slight build. The first round was opened by Ashe with a smart blow on Thomas' face; in return getting a couple of body blows. Both men were evidently saving themselves for the last two rounds. Time was called with the round in Ashe's favor. Thomas began work in the second, evidently trying to make his superior weight and strength tell by beating down...
...ball was brought out fifteen yards, and snapped back to Fiske, who sent it spinning over the centre of the bar by a beautiful drop kick, amid the cheers of the seniors. For a moment the eighty-six men almost forgot that it was cold and wet, but two smart rushes by Holden and Porter recalled them to their senses, and the dangerous way in which the sophomores forced the fight made the game extremely interesting. About this time a struggle for the ball took place, in which Bradley was hurt, and his place was taken by Hallowell. After some...
...audience of 200 paying spectators had hardly assembled on Holmes, yesterday afternoon, when a smart shower caused a general stampede for shelter. As soon as the rain had stopped, the two nines, followed by the spectators, proceeded to Jarvis, where Captain Winslow had determined to play, owing to the slippery condition of the grass upon Holmes...