Word: tells
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...copp" more prudent than valiant retreats. In this case discretion was doubtless the better part of valor. We in the front rank agreed to throw down our torches. Now comes the rush. I can tell you little except what happened to myself. I pulled my "plug" down over my ears and rushed in. At the first onset somebody knocked off my hat- I thought my head had gone too- I put my hands up, it is my head, still there, thank heaven! But I have no reason to rejoice, for when I left home that night as the last buckle...
...Myers says it should be done : "First, assign each man his mark, and inform them not to get into position until told to do so. The men must not be allowed to walk around hitching their pants, etc., but must stand bolt upright on the mark. Second, tell them to set themselves. Do not fire the pistol as you give the word 'set,' but keep your men until they are all as steady as statues. Then let them go. Every starter in this country has a different way of sending off his men, consequently the athletes do not know what...
Another advantage which the distinguishing uniforms will have is that the sophomores and freshmen when they come to have their rush on returning to Cambridge will be better able to tell who is who and to distinguish friends from foes. The desirability of special features in the parade, devised and carried out by private parties and clubs, cannot be overstated, as a large number of such exhibitions lend variety to the display. The general committee are endeavoring to add as many novelties as they are able; but the worth of the display must depend largely on private individuals. Every suggestion...
...take place this afternoon, is a ceremony which should be witnessed by all the students. It will be an event which we shall look back upon with pleasure when we are no longer college undergraduates. To John Harvard, the founder of our university, we owe more than words can tell, and we can but feebly express our gratitude today by attending the exercises which will mark the return of the founder of Harvard within our midst...