Word: tears
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...back is an elastic insertion about eight inches long and diamond-shaped, which enables the players to bend more easily than the ordinary stiff jacket will allow. In the front is a large letter "H" in crimson silk. Instead of metal eyelet protectors, which in a scrimmage often tear the fingers, the holes are worked in silk. The crimson-gray over which the jacket is worn is of heavy knitted material, as are also the hose, both being made on machinery imported by the firm. The knee-breeches are of strong and heavy Canadian homespun goods...
...almost daily rolling, sprinkling and cutting, that is absolutely necessary if one is to have a good grass court at all-an expense the students would never submit to -no grass courts, however well cared for, could be kept in good condition under constant use and the wear and tear to which the college courts are subjected. They are played on too late in the autumn, too early in the spring and too soon after rains, and above all, too much for any sod to stay good. Last year the two courts by the society building had scarcely a blade...
...besides the $1000 which the association owes to the corporation there will be need of more for training quarters, grand stand, etc., unless sufficient is raised by subscription. Besides all this the association should buy new seats for the gymnasium meetings as soon as possible as the wear and tear caused by the bringing of seats in from outside is very injurious to the building. I hope it will be clear to you that for these improvements, outside the regular expenses, the association will be in need of money, and that you will not complain if the price of tickets...
...sore his darts my bosom tear...
...sister's tear for hapless Phaethon...