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...might be a Grimshaw," his sidekick muttered, "and remember, all that Glynnters is not gold. If those Brownies got into the Swingler things, they might get a half-Nelson on us and Barry the Crimson in the sod...
Nothing so meagre as the score, however, can serve to give a true measure of the CRIMSON's superiority which had the Hanoverians digging their noses into the sod again and again, until the once green playing field resembled a veritable pea patch. At the end of the game it was only the mercy of the winners, and the end of their large supply of spirits, that staved off complete humiliation of the Green...
...Glee Club sings on the steps of Dartmouth Hall, the kind of a gent who doesn't intend to play some part in the extracurricular activities, and a sap who will sit in the grandstand and talk to your girl friend while the boys dig their noses into the sod to bring glory to the Big Green, then you've picked the wrong college and should change your plans before it is too late."--September 13th issue of The Daily Dartmouth...
...afternoon practice will be the order of affairs for the final week of preparation for this earliest opener in Harlow history except for the 1942 starter against North Carolina Pre-Flight. In the good old days it was October when the Crimson first look to the Stadium sod, and it was the tradition that is was November before a Harlow coached eleven really got rolling...
With three horses, a 14-in. plough, an ingrained fear of debt, and an ingrained faith in God, old Christopher's son Charles began to break the tough prairie sod for his well-to-do neighbors. In time he became such an artist with the plough that he earned as much as $1 an acre. When not ploughing, Charles Kuester worked out for $15 a month in summer, for his board & keep in the stiff Iowa winters. Before he had saved enough to buy land, he married. By the time Gus, his seventh child, was born (1888), Charles...