Word: stilling
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Many of the old superstitions are now found only among children. Yet a few exceedingly curious beliefs, survive among us at the present time, notably the superstition still found in some parts of New England, that rats can be got rid of by writing them a letter and leaving it where they can see it. The same belief was current among the Romans...
...founder. His purpose was to denounce the Roman Catholic Religion, but this idea was dropped long ago. There were to be four lectures a year on subjects laid down in the trust deed. Later these four lectures were spread over as many years, and this plan is still in operation...
...freshman crew is not as good as it was a month ago. There are still 16 men rowing. They show the same snap as usual, but their general form is getting poorer, on the whole. They are being worked pretty hard, some of them rowing twice a day. On Saturday the crew rowed in the following order: Stroke, H. Adams; 7, Butler; 6, Seaver; 5, Goodrich; 4, Hurley; 3, Rice; 2, Bull; bow, J. Adams...
...sidewalks on North avenue. The captains of the various teams have taken action in the matter so far as the men who are training under them are concerned, so that the running of the teams no longer gives cause for complaint. Individuals who are members of no teams, however, still continue the practice which others with more wisdom have given up. Some time ago the deans of both the College and the Scientific School made a particular request that the rules laid down by the team captains should be observed by all runners on the avenue; yet this request...
LACROSSE. - Individual stick work in the cage at convenient hours. Out door practice at 4 p. m. Old players must keep in training. There is still opportunity left for new men to pick up stick handling before the practice games commence...