Word: target
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...acts, for the irony of the jester - whose person always is held sacred - does more to show dictatorial acts in their right colors than double the amount of serious writing. It is a pity, however, that anything was said in the last issue about the college Faculty, the proper target of college humor. But on the other hand, this deficiency was more than counter-balanced by the traces of Puck-ian humor discernable here and there. Especially do we approve the spirited manner in which the articles in the last number give a well-deserved trust at the experiments...
After dinner, as in the morning, the men have the time all to themselves for one or two hours. A favorite occupation this year is to practice rifle-shooting in the field just beside the quarters. A target has been set up at about seventy-five yards, and some of the men have already become excellent shots. Base-ball, too, is quite popular, "stroke" being especially skilful at this game. At half past five the crew again don their rowing clothes and take their afternoon pull. The work is harder than the morning row, as the men usually...
...important branches of navigation and gunnery are by no means neglected. Every cadet has practical experience in the use of great guns. A certain amount of target practice at long range being required; while frequent drills keep him ready in their handling. Much attention is devoted to the machine guns of recent invention. Their manipulation is carefully taught. In navigation, the practice cruises during the summer months afford opportunity for the application of the theoretical navigation "learned of books...
...Austin, '86, were appointed a committee to make arrangements for the annual dinner of the club, which is to be held on Friday, the 13th, at Young's. A rifle match, the conditions of which will be published later, is to be opened next week. The club has secured target accommodations at Walnut Hill, where its rifle matches will be held during the spring. The president was instructed to correspond with the Yale gun clubs, with a view to arranging an inter-collegiate match this spring...
...Vassar professors is quoted by a New York paper as saying that the college has not more than half the students it had ten years ago, and the cause of the falling off he ascribes to the fact that the college and its students have become a standing target for the small wits of the country. "Vassar," says the professor, "has become a thing to poke fun at. Half the new jokes about the girls are put upon Vassar students. Their doings are ridiculed, exaggerated, falsified, and the very name of Vassar is a synonyme for feminine foolishness The conse...