Word: strikes
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...should congratulate themselves that Tuesday's vote resulted in the defeat of Col. James Scripps for legislature. For years he has been a bitter opponent of every improvement needed by the University and his candidacy was nothing more than an attempt to reach a position from which he could strike more letting blows at a grand old school. Every friend of liberal education will rejoice at the defeat of such an ignorant and blatant demagogue. -[Michigan Argonaut...
...Princetonian is making a bold strike for three weeks vacation at Christmas instead of two. It speaks of "Harvard, Yale, and other colleges which give three weeks vacation at Christmas-tide." We would like to inform the Princetonian that Harvard is the last place it should mention to get authority for long vacations, Ten days is the length of our Christmas vacation: one day the length of the so called "Thanksgiving recess...
...whether they are voters or not and it is to be hoped that the students by making a change this year and marching in the Cleveland and Hendricks procession (which is not to be Democratic, but made up of Democrats and independent Republicans alike) will do their best to strike a blow at official corruption and show disapprobation of the present course of the Republican party. It may at least tend to show the party leaders what to expect from this large body of men who will nearly all be voters when the next Presidential nominations are made...
...base hit in the seventh inning and Welch and Nichols hit very heavily. Harvard played a good game in the field. Winslow and Crocker pitched and caught well and Coolidge, Baker and Smith played finely. Their batting was very heavy considering the phenomenal pitcher against whom they had to strike. Coolidge, Baker, Allen and Winslow all hit very heavily, and Smith made a beautiful home run and a 2-base hit. Below is the score...
...home, but Phillips threw to Allen and he turned back. Allen threw back to Phillips, and after a good deal of throwing to and for Phillips threw to Nichols, who touched Nettleton out. Hale took second during this play and went to third on a wild pitch, but Chellis strike out leaving him on base. Second inning. Phillips flied out to Springfield. Tilden made a two-base hit to right field, but the next two men went out, leaving him on base. For Dartmouth, after two men were out, Weeks made a base hit and stole second, but was left...