Word: spurs
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...some length the celebrated cases of the prisoner of St. Pierre, Martinique, and the overseer and men of the sugar refinery at Orange Hill. The prisoner was in a heavily constructed masonry cell having two small openings for air, and this cell was protected by the brow of a spur of cliffs. The man was burned somewhat by hot dust but was otherwise unhurt. In the case of the men at Orange Hill, they were in a large cellar which was absolutely closed. The explosive blast which followed the ignition of gases by lightning killed every one where there...
...Post Office address. It is especially well adapted for topographic work of any kind and for hydrographic survey. The area is about 1 1-2 miles of lake front on the farm. The lake itself, about eight miles in length by two in width, is situated in a spur of the White Mountains, and contains a large number of islands...
...cheering ought to be a fierce spur and stimulus to the men who are competing for the College and not a safety-valve for a critical spectator. If there is fierceness and determination in the cheering there will be fierceness and determination in the playing. Every undergraduate should feel it his duty to encourage and cheer on the team, just as he believes that the team should work for the University. Every man should come to the practice and cheer the team in the daily work, and, in the games, should cheer with the same persistence, fierceness and dash that...