Word: tear
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...respective classes, and before the flag is captured the students have a rush which is admitted by the members of the two upper classes. Last year the flag was placed on the top of the flag pole on the green, and to make sure that no athletic sophomore should tear it down the halyards were cut. This was of no avail; one of their number climbed the pole like a monkey and captured the trophy. On reaching the ground a rush was made for the prize, and during the melee the police arrived on the scene making several arrests...
...pained to note the downward career of the gentleman who obtained considerable prominence of late, owing to the relations between his thumb and the Harvard Boat Club. Whatever our feelings may be toward the gentleman in regard to his action in the late controversy, we cannot help dropping a tear of sadness when we think of his having sunken so low as to be nominated for the legislature of Massachusetts. Such depravity is simply awful...
...following is written on a card upon the door of a freshman's room in Thayer : "I, - freshman hereby defy the members of the sophomore class, or any other Harvard man to tear more cards from my door than I can replace...
...present policy in retaining President Bartlett is gradually bringing on these results. It is not alone in Boston, Springfield, Manchester and New York city that expressions of this nature are heard among her alumni, but also in the West - in Chicago, St. Louis and Minneapolis. It is easier to tear down than to build up; easier to turn aside to other institutions the current of students and means than to set it back in the old channel. No one man or set of men ought to hazard so much of importance to the college for the sake of personal aggrandizement...
...could n't, in these trousers. They're so tight that I have to keep my leg perfectly rigid for fear they 'll tear...