Word: standing
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...took an unfair advantage of the students by not making known their views at some sensible time. After this episode, came the famous "Athletic Regulations," and after posing for a few weeks in a silly attitude before the country, Harvard was compelled to ignominiously back down from the lofty stand it had taken. The whole affair had just enough of truth in it to make the college doubly ridiculous...
...their backs. Kent played halfback in place of Kimball, who took the place of Bemis. The Williams' snap-back made a rush of ten yards and in doing so was hurt. This necessitated a call of "time," which lasted a few minutes. The Williams men, however, could not stand against the wind nor could they kick well. The result was that several long kicks by Willard and Kent sent the ball within the 25 yard line. The ball was forced over the line in a scrimmage and Homans made a touchdown. The try at goal failed as did all others...
While the idea which found expression in a call for an inter collegiate Oratorical Association among the Eastern colleges is without doubt very valuable, and fertile of great results from an oratorical stand point, the enterprise might be termed slightly Utopian. If "J. F. M." wishes the college to "crystallize their ideas upon the subject" would it not be well for him to inaugurate the crystallization? Notwithstanding the fact that "such an institution exists between the colleges of six different western states" it still remains an open question whether "such an institution" is needed in the east "even more than...
...Vienna Opera House, who has been appointed conductor of the Symphony orchestra this year. He has already won the admiration of poston music lovers, and he was assured in advance of the hearty greeting which he received here. He is a man of very prepossessing appearance, and takes his stand before the orchestra with a decided air which seems to indicate that he has the orchestra fully under his control; and this is fully borne out by the performances under his baton. Those who remember the previous concerts which have been given here will notice a marked contrast between...
Again, early in the morning, the slide clicks, and the half-awake man leaps from his bed to the door with one bound, only to be told to bring his smoking and toilet articles at the "old stand." He calls it the "old stand" and something more, and crawls back to bed again; but the "old stand" will get no trade from...