Word: superiority
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Abbe Kakatoes, in setting at naught the designs of the marquis and the count, and eventually winning his lady love. The cast was composed entirely of young gentlemen, who covered themselves with glory. The chorus was well drilled, and rendered the several pieces in a superior manner, the nursery rhymes in the first act. and the garden song, with "Good Night" chorus, in the second act, being particularly noticeable. The cast was as follows: Abbe Kakatoes, D. P. Griswold; Florimel, L. Honore; Marquis Croquemitaine, F. Remington; Marguerite, C. Carroll; Count Fleurdelis, H. Homans; Miss Medusa, W. Endicott, 3d; Mignonette...
...Maine State league will be composed of the Bates, Bowdoin, Colby and State College clubs this season. The latter has superior for a club this season...
...member of one of the upper classes was in the yard. This custom was finally broken up by a young freshman named Hedge, who, when ordered to uncover by an imperious upper classman, responded to the command by a heavy blow of his fist on the nose of his superior and was supported by the President for his independence...
...remnant of the "flogging" system of the English college may be trace n the custom that obliged freshmen to run on errands for their higher brethren. A freshman never thought of breaking this rule, for if he did refuse to obey the command of a superior his disobedience would meet with the direst consequences...
...English athletes of those days were vastly superior to our own, and yet their peculiarities of measuring, starting, timing, etc., make their records amusing reading enough; for instance, the tremendous jumping feats mentioned above were probably accomplished by throwing weights from the hands. To-day the most careful scrutiny is expended on a new athletic record, and until it has been accepted by the Spirit of the Times as correct, it is generally looked upon with suspicious eyes. The perfection of rules of measuring, starting and timing, make the present records all over the world uniform, and establish them...