Word: somersault
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...Pudor, '86, and T. Bachelder, L. S. All the men seemed well versed in all kinds of hand-springs, walking with arms, etc. Mr. Knapp's spider walk occasioned long and continued laughter and applause. The race between Messrs. Bachelder and Knapp and Dudley and Faulkner in the double somersault art was won by Dudley and Faulkner. This event was the clown of the afternoon, and the ape-like movements of the contestants elicited long and uproarious applause. In this event Dudley won the first prize and Knapp the second...
...Robinson, '87, while attempting a somersault from a spring-board at the gymnasium yesterday afternoon, fell on his head and arms and dislocated both elbows. In the absence of Dr. Sargent, a physician from the neighborhood, Dr. Ela, was called...
...Maude is a student of philosophy, and, with a truly Spencerean somersault of logic, he reduces me ad absurdum. The burden of his proof is that "J. N. M." contradicts himself. Think of this! I charge the Brethren with halfness, with not having bravery enough to take a decided stand, either Orthodox or Liberal; with leaving its constitution in such a way that no Unitarian or Universalist can, with self respect, join the society - for such could be members not by virtue of a clean-cut statement of the constitution, but by its "fair" interpretation, which means by twisting...
...consists of swinging under the bar once and back, and, as the body comes forward the second time, lifting the feet up so as to vault through the hands over the bar. This Mr. Freeland was unable to accomplish, but he executed with apparent ease the Free-will and Somersault, and the Back Horizontal, both of which are very difficult. In the Giant Swing (forward), Mr. Keene excelled, and the judges were at first unable to decide as to their respective merits; but on Mr. Keene's inability to execute the Giant Swing (backward), which Mr. Freeland accomplished satisfactorily...
Saying these words, the vision gave a violent pull upon the rope, and vanished in a somersault through the door...