Word: stationed
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...their body in case of fire, and on an alarm, should assemble at the place where the nearest ladders are stowed and stand ready to get them out if required. The men might be occasionally trained in handling and raising the ladders, and if each man had his station assigned him and knew the duty he was expected to perform, we might reasonably feel that a fair amount of safety was secured...
...Charlotte, N. C., have if correctly reported, recently been indulging in some very curious freaks. We doubt if even Southern "chivalry" can explain these actions. The report reads: Students at Davidson College have of late been so riotous as to attract general attention. They take possession of Davidson College station as the trains stop, go through the cars singing ribald songs regardless of the presence of ladies, and parade the country round about so that women are afraid to be found abroad. This hostility seems to be especially directed against preachers, whom they compel to get off the walks...
Columbia's position is changed only in degree. Last season we were fourth on the list and this year we were again last, but if there could be a station lower than that we would assuredly hold it ; and at the present there is an "if" connected with our being even last, for their is a possibility of our not being allowed to remain in the Association at all. [Acta...
...base-ball (unless they join the professionals), boating, foot-ball, and other like amusements ; but the collegian who learns to use the gun or rifle has acquired something that will last through his lifetime. The recreation of shooting is one that will not interfere with the dignity of any station in life...
There will be an excursion in N. H. 4 today to Quincy station, and thence by foot to Braintree, where there is a tribalite region containing many fossils...