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...that are made to drain off the sur- face water as it splashes up into them are broken in one place, so that the water that flows into them at that end of the tank flows back into the pool again, bringing with it the phlegm that has been spit into the trough by the swimmers. On one occasion I noticed that all the troughs were filled to overflowing, and asked the attendant how it happened that the drains were allowed to become stopped. In reply he treated it as a matter of light importance, and, worse yet, of frequent...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Communications | 10/19/1915 | See Source »

...University second tennis team in its first match of the season yesterday barely managed top defeat Technology by a score of 5 matches to 4. The singles matches were spit even, and two of the doubles matches, but in the third doubles match E. O. Baker '17 and W. P. Whitehouse, 2d., '17 defeated Alley and Kaler of Technology thereby winning the meet...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Second Tennis Team Finally Won | 5/4/1915 | See Source »

Tearing on in spit of Eli's boast...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HARVARD'S JUBILEE. | 11/11/1909 | See Source »

...afternoon when it was shut out by Amherst, 3 to 0. This game, in which Harvard secured but one hit, coming just three days before the Princeton game, makes the outlook anything but encouraging. Brick, who pitched for Amherst, was steady at all times, and used an effective slow spit ball which the Harvard batters were unable to send for safe hits. Most of the balls rolled to the infielders, and resulted in easy outs. Only four Harvard men reached first base, and Aronson's single over second in the sixth inning was Harvard's lone...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: DEFEAT BY AMHERST, 3 TO 0 | 5/14/1908 | See Source »

...sign above the porch proclaims, "Center For High Energy Metaphysics." And when you enter, another sign above the entrance to the dining room reads, "Don't spit in the soup...

Author: By Arnold E. Franklin, | Title: Granola and Herbs, Hold the Bell Towers | 3/21/1900 | See Source »

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