Word: top
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...meeting of the Club Committee of the H. B. C. Tuesday evening, it was decided to get caps, probably gray, with a crimson and blue monogram of the letters H. B. C. on the front, and a crimson rim or circle on the top; a ribbon, probably dark blue, with diagonal crimson stripes, and a seal for the shingle. The room in the basement of Little's Block is now ready to receive bicycles...
...commotion at the top of the hill draws my attention that way; a huge, unwieldy double-runner is prepared, and various men skilled in Latin and Greek seat themselves upon it. At first they go swimmingly, the weight of the dead languages carrying them bravely down the hill, but unfortunately they are taking the course at sight; a hidden root - they know not whence it came - stumps them, and they are spilled out promiscuously...
...more sled remains at the top of the hill, a battered old hulk, handed down from time immemorial; inscribed on it in faded letters is, "Long live the ancient customs!" A gray-haired, venerable-looking person sits on it, and looks round for some friend to give him a shove. But the rest are gone, and, a kind impulse moving me, I rush out from behind the trees, saying, "I'll help you, thou guardian angel of the student." At the first word the sled and occupant vanish, I find myself alone, calmly resting in a snow-bank, my heels...
...miles. These offers to remain open until the end of next June. Any man intending to make one of these trials to give ten days' notice to the Vice-President of the H. A. A. These offers are made solely to induce men to train, as without being in top condition they cannot hope to equal these times...
...doesn't matter; but late at night I was crossing Jarvis Field on my way home, when suddenly I saw before me a tall white figure. I stared in amazement, for the figure looked strangely familiar, and I recognized that it was no other than the soldier from the top of the monument on the Common. "Heavens," thought I, "he has heard of the Harvard Rifle corps, and has come to join it." I was about to tell him that he had mistaken the time, when he silently beckoned me to follow him, and stalked away with a gait that...