Word: talling
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...very interesting account, to begin with, of the organization of the crew. To quote his own words: "Forty men, more or less, the 'pride and flower' of the class, assembled in the gymnasium, afternoon upon afternoon, with beating hearts and anxious faces. Lean men, short men, fat men, tall men, sturdy men, sallow men, flabby men and bronzed men - all 'trying for the crew!" Finally the crew was selected. Challenges came from Columbia and Yale, and were accepted. The crew got on the water. Then came the class races. After the excitement of these had subsided, the prospect...
...kick. It was not very close, but was made interesting by the fact that the winner, Wason, '90, broke the Technology record of 8 ft. 8 in. He kicked the tambourine at 8 ft. 9 1-2 in. The only Harvard man in the fence-vault was unfortunately very tall and had to give his competitors a handicap of 3 3-4 inches in consequence. By actual vaulting he came in second, with a record...
Tuesday morning there was a short religious service in the Heiliggeistkirche, after which the present and former members of the university were addressed by the Crown Prince. His Royal Highness, a tall, full-bearded man of commanding presence, spoke at some length, and gave his speech quite a political flavor, referring not only to the university's glorious history, but to the especially important part which she had played in fostering a spirit of national unity and thus rendering possible the present imperial government, "which is now Germany's safeguard and strength." The Grand Duke of Baden, who is Rector...
...Harvard student was recently carrying on a conversation with a young lady in the presence of a couple of Yale men. She had inquired if he knew a certain Mr. T., of Harvard, whom she had recently met. He replied: "Oh, yes, I know him - a tall, sandy fellow in the law school." "No," she replied, to the jubilant amusement of the Yalensains, "he was tall, but he wasn't sandy; he was a Harvard man." - Yale Record...
...high as they could reach. Brooks, who ought to set the team a good example, was fully as bad, if not worse than the rest of the men in this respect, time and time again jumping way up in the air in order to tackle a man not as tall as himself, and one who ducked as he ran. The result was bad. During the first half hour Stevens had the lower goal and the wind against them, so that they found it necessary to play a running game almost entirely, while Harvard, whose duty and intention...