Word: standing
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Yale News has a communication from a Yale freshman, in which the writer strongly urges that the freshman foot ball game be given up, unless the game can be played before Thanksgiving. The writer says that "it seems as if it were time to take a decided stand and let Harvard know that Yale has some rights which they are bound to respect...
...other, alternately under and over as at "the wall," and the ball is placed between their feet. This bully is mostly but a momentary affair, and the ball, if not carried through by superior weight, is turned out almost at once to one of the "corners." Behind the bully stand the "flying man," the "long-behind," and the "goals," and sometimes a player is taken from the bully to act as "short behind." The game is a terribly fast one, as, except by the "behinds" no "cool kicking" is allowed; no player "up," that is to say, may kick...
...rest of the team are not compelled to rush after the ball itself, but can be helping this man in other ways. They may be running ahead and "hunting." It is not needed that every one in the team should back up. At present most of the rush line stand around and act the part of spectators. Let them be told how to act, and they probably will act so as to be of some service to the work of the whole team. It seems to me not only this suggestion, or something like it, should be acted...
...that the audience did not encroach upon the limits of the playing field. What did they do ? Several of them stood aimlessly about at one side of the field and allowed the crowd to jump over the ropes and towards the last of the match even stand within the fair lines so that several times they interfered with players running for fair balls. When appealed to to keep the people back they did so in such a listless, dont-care manner that the crowd paid scarcely any heed to them and did about as it pleased. The treasurer...
...University of Vienna has just completed a beautiful new building on the broad Ring street of the Austrian capital. The building covers a whole block and stands in a neighborhood full of fine architectural structures. It is very rich in frescoes, carving and statues, and attracts the attention of all. The dedication which took place in October was attended by the Emperor Francis Joseph. An eye witness briefly describes the ceremonies as follows:-"The ceremony was simple and brief, and chiefly of interest as marking the beginning of the second half thousand years in the life of the institution...