Word: tug-of-war
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...Saar basin, a tiny wedge of the Rhine valley on the Franco-German frontier. Barely larger (743 sq. mi.) than Allegheny County, Pa., though its population (900,000) is the densest in Europe, the Saar has both strategic position and rich mineral resources, and it has been a tug-of-war ground for centuries...
Pictured at right is the tug-of-war in the sophomore, freshman canespree held every fall. This is the feature attraction in an afternoon of hoopla and capering which includes track races and field events. The competition is always between members of the sophomore and freshman classes, and is part of the fall sophomore "hazing" of the new frosh. In this picture, taken last year, the freshmen are in the process of winning the tug-of-war, and beginning a two-year reign over their opposition, continuing this year as sophomores...
...accident will not end either the tug-of-war, still safest of the contests, nor the rivalry. Lioyd Neidlinger said better ropes would be used and students made to hold them farther away from the logs...
...took a risk on that," he continued, "We stopped having freshmen eat in a separate hall from upperclassmen. We couldn't lose the tug-of-war too. But you know," mused the white-haired dean, "older people around here sometimes get awfully fed up with this sort of foolishness...
...here too, the casualty rate was high. The football rush was finally stopped after a referee swallowed his whistle in the excitement. Then the tug-of-war was tried...