Word: tug-of-war
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...those able to try for the freshman tug-of-war team please be at the gymnasium at 3 p.m. today as the number of candidates is at present very small...
...board the Berengaria, the Prince lived a hectic athletic life. He outwalked everyone in his party. In a tug-of-war match between the Prince's team and a team composed principally of Yale and Harvard men, with one short, sharp tug the American team hauled the Prince's team across the line and down the deck. In a potato race, he was disqualified. A pillow fight on a boom proved irresistible sport. "Here," said the Prince, "I want a shot at that! Get me somebody about my weight. I am 150 pounds." A lanky American lad was found...
...very heavy current can be put through an electric motor for a short time and tremendous power secured, but if this current is continued for any length of time, the motor is burned up. Steam locomotives, on the other hand, can exert maximum power indefinitely." If the tug-of-war had been of one day's duration, added President Coffin, "several electric locomo-tives" would have been required to stop the steam locomotive...
About this time, in colleges where certain traditions linger, the Freshmen are being received in to fellowship of classes by some such welcoming process as a pole-rush, tug-of-war, or cap-burning. Though lacking those familiar methods, Harvard has a substitute that serves in a somewhat similar capacity. The election today is in its way a formal recognition of the coming-of-age of the Freshman class. It is a reception at which the Class, Personified by its voting, presents itself to the rest of the college, and discloses it tastes and its character. If it goes...
...held in which the latter were defeated 24-16. The 75-yard dash was won by Arthur Stock 1 G. B. with A. B. Johnson 1 G. B. and William Shepherd 2 G. B. finishing second and third. The First and Second Year men competed in a tug-of-war after which the faculty contested the First Year...