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...twelve hours they had eaten nothing, and would come back faint and half famished, and with that all-gone feeling that work under such conditions brings, and which would frequently say by them all day. Then their bill of fare would contain little else than underdone beef or mutton, stale bread, a very stingy allowance of potatoes, and none at all of any other vegetables; sometimes tea, never any other drink but water, two for dinner, and one for supper, and not even this much, if they could possibly do without it, and with nothing at all between meals...
...regard to this, we wish to say a few words in defence. In Thursday's issue we expressed ourselves to the effect that "unsteadiness, aided by decisions of the referee cost us the game." In this phrase, we do not make any allusions to dishonest refereeing, we merely stale that the decisions of the referee happened to aid the other side. We thoroughly believe that the referee acted fully up to his convictions in regard to any one disputed point; what we mean by our statements referred to is, that the referee, because of certain facts which...
...everywhere. Their rooms are, as a rule, scantily furnished. Numerous swords line the walls, pipes lie here and there. A table rimmed with beer-stains, books, a few chairs, a bed, mugs of various sizes and fantastic devices-these constitute the principle bric-a-brac. The odor of stale tobacco prevades everything. Excepting as a mere resting-place the student seldom uses his room. HE is a Bohemian to the core. You may oftenest find him in a beer-shop, discussing obstruse, metaphysical problems through clouds of tobacco smoke, or at the kneipe of his dueling-corps, shouting glees over...
...easier. They are usually harvested after dark and are not always as well preserved as the Cornell scion of the Pharaohs. The students use their scalpels upon them at five dollars a head. Some of the mummies sit in professor's chairs and are nominally alive. These have enough stale jokes in stock to make the average collegian atone for the fun he gets out of it. [Syracuse Standard...
...meet three times a week, twice to row under the able coaching of Mr. Bancroft and once for a walk in the country. No strict training is done. By this arrangement the crew is kept together, has the advantage of a coach and is not likely to grow stale and weary months before the race, as has occurred in former years. The common sense of this will suggest itself to all, for strict training during nine mouths of the year is likely to prove too great a tax for any but the most remarkable physiques...