Word: tramps
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...upon the newly planted sod. Time may be precious with a good many of us, but the time saved by short cuts across the grass is not of enough importance to warrant the justification of the act. Paths have been made through the yard in every direction, and to tramp over the young grass and sod is a deliberate attempt to destroy the general good looks of the yard. For those men who have been seen treading down the new sod, we think that it is more the result of careless negligence than any delight they take in spoiling...
...club has been formed at Johns Hopkins University called the "Hopkins Tramp Club." No one can be admitted to membership until he has walked thirty miles in one day in company with some of the members...
...quadrangular league with Amherst. Dartmouth and Trinity. The practices of sending out student-preachers has been adopted at Williams. Every week delegations from the college hold services in the neighboring villages. Snow shoeing is a very popular sport. Large parties go out every Wednesday and Saturday for a tramp on the deep snow of the Berkshire Hills. A great deal of interest has been recently aroused in the prohibition question. A club of students has been formed for debating the subject...
...would be notified through the CRIMSON every day when there is skating, and a good game would thus be assured. I think that many men who are now indifferent to this sport would take a livelier interest in it if they could be certain of not having a cold tramp to the pond only to find the ice in poor condition or the games of hockey all monopolized by the muckers. It may seem a poor time to agitate this subject now that the ice is covered with snow, but in this uncertain weather any day may bring skating...
...addition to the regular serials, "After Geronimo" and "Around the World on a Bicycle," there are a large number of short interesting articles. Among these a personal account of "The Carnival at Cologne" is perhaps most interesting because of its novelty. "Electric Time," "Travels on next to Nothing," "A Tramp Trip to Europe," and an article on "The New Playing Rules of Base-Ball" are full of valuable information. The rest of the number contains "Coursing Wild Turkeys in Colorado," "Yachts and Yacht Clubs in San Francisco," "Totally Dismasted," "A Bout with the Gloves," "A Bicycle Incident," "A Novel Canoe...