Word: straws
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Straw hats...
...Straw hats...
...goes this certainly tends to confirm the statesmanship of Mr. Blane's letter from Paris. Turning to Yale, we find there 70 Republicans and 13 Democrats. No expression of preferences for individuals has come to us from Yale. We may seek solace against this adverse "straw" in the fact that Cleveland was elected in 1884, although the vote of Yale was then also against him. It is also worth noting that the Democrats at Yale have recently made great gains. Since 1886 the Democrats have gained 92 per cent, increasing from 13 to 25, while the Republicans have increased more...
...Since the students neglected both to subscribe for the expenses of the team, and to go to the games, it was impossible to bring teams of gentlemen from Canada or the middle states for practice games. The lacrosse twelve was told to make bricks without straw, and it did its work well. Boston is an exceptional city as regards lacrosse. Here alone the game is not in the hands of gentlemen. Thanks, however, to the efforts of recent Harvard graduates, a rigorous movement is on foot to start at least one, if not two, teams amongtheir number, who shall play...
...certain mark of distinction for their peculiar services to the college. This is allowable. No one who does not belong to a 'varsity team would care to wear a large H on his sweater or jersey, or distinctive red and black stripes around the band of his straw hat, but there are a large number of men who do declare that the so-called "'varsity blazer" should be worn by any Harvard man who cares to do so. If a man happens to be a manager of, or connected in some such way with, a 'varsity team, it is considered...