Word: stalwart
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...walk on Harvard Street, just opposite Holyoke St. On every moist day, on each side of the walk leading from the Chapel to Memorial, two large pools of water are formed which gradually rise and overflow the path; then our generous authorities send a couple of stalwart Irishmen who dig a small trench across the path, drawing the small puddle into the larger, and making the walk in the meanwhile a regular quicksand. The end of the walk opposite Holyoke St. is still worse; the stones are sunken and uneven. and on the rainy days that are so common...
...here at Harvard, which has so many advantages and which is so central in its position and influence, is indeed a good thing. You all respect bodily equipment and strength, and I, too, have rejoiced in my countrymen as I have seen them at foot-ball or rowing-noble, stalwart, finely built fellows. It is good that you do have this respect, for there is a sound mind in a sound body." You men are intending to be influential in your lives, in a mental way and in business. Be also influential in a way that treats of subjects even...
...upon the field at about the same time, and were the subject of universal comment and admiration. The blues were headed by a pair of 200-pounders, about as large around as they were tall, while to offset them the reds showed up a couple of six-footers of stalwart build, one of whom was clad in a gorgeous crimson rowing jersey, and the other in a loose flannel shirt. The balance of the men were of medium build, gradually dwindling down to the small but active full-back of the blues, gay in sky-blue campaign blouse and skull...
...called upon by his personal feelings to desert his fellow-students and refuse to obey the expressed will of the majority. The appearance of the Harvard students in the presidential parade is looked upon as the feature of the campaign, in the way of a torchlight display. Whether, mugwump, stalwart, or third-party man, the Harvard student is at present preeminently a Harvard student and is when a representation from Harvard demanded every local or partisan prejudice should cease and the call be responded to unanimously by those who bear the title of Harvard students...
...were treated to a spectacle yesterday that is a somewhat unusual one here ; the spectacle of a number of stalwart upper-class men from Brown seizing a solitary freshman, breaking his cane, and then going on their way rejoicing. It was significant as marking the peculiar views a Brown student seems to possess in regard to the dignity of the upper classes. Really, it was a ridiculous scene, and one quite unworthy of men who are students of any college at the present time...