Word: taken
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...Penn. Magazine has a new spelling for us, "Howard." We suppose it is some cockney pronunciation for Harvard, and that the Penn. has taken up the phonetic method...
...success of foot-ball that it should be constantly played. Of course this is the special point upon which we take issue with the writer in the Advocate; whether the game can be carried on successfully during the coming season. We are confident that if any person has taken the pains to go out on to the grounds on any afternoon of last week, he must have seen enough to convince him that foot-ball, if not the leading sport at present, is at least running a close race with other out-of-door exercises. It will not be owing...
...would think of entering the dining-room of the Revere House and standing with his hat on, nor would such conduct be tolerated for a moment. It would be considered as an insult to those present, and measures would speedily be taken to correct the manners of the offender. The same rule applies to visitors at Memorial Hall; and it is our opinion that if men, through ignorance of common rules of politeness, persist in standing in the gallery with their hats on, students are perfectly justified in endeavoring to teach them better manners...
This soon brought matters to a head; the whole town broke out in revolt. The men assembled round an aged tree, called the Rebellion Tree, or the Charter Oak. Here they were taken command of by C. I. Washington. This leader is famous only for carrying a hatchet instead of a sword. The war raged violently for four or seven years, - accounts differ; during a battle in the town, Hollis Hall, one of the principal buildings, was burnt. The final battle was at a place that went by the name of "The Annuals." The government was completely defeated, and fell...
This very week, an instance has occurred of contemptible vandalism in the Library, which will postpone any concessions that might have been hoped for: a rare history was taken from the shelf, pages were cut from it, and the book was left on a table. It is even worse to ruin a book than to steal it, for the book is nearly useless, and the leaves quite worthless; but a man might return a book taken, as many books have been that have disappeared mysteriously in times past. We wish we had the name of the man who was guilty...