Word: ups
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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The best way to accomplish this seems to be that marked out in an article called "A University Boat-Club," which was written by an officer of the H. U. B. C., and published in the Crimson of April 20, 1877 (Vol. IX. No. 5). It is there proposed that...
"The hackmen revel in happiness, the benevolent shop-keeper presents a countenance wreathed with smiles, the ancient washerwomen stand around in public places, and, uplifting their skinny hands, call down all sorts of blessings on our heads. "Yes, the 'stoodints' have certainly come. Waiter-girls smirk, boarding-school girls smirk...
THE sign, "Reporters and Loafers are Warned from Here," was put up for these reasons: Reporters and newspaper men had annoyed and hindered us about our training by their impertinent questions, and had, moreover, written insulting and abusive articles on the crew and its members. Reporters came to our boat...
Therefore, these annoyances becoming so serious that they were beginning to interfere with our chances of success, we put up the sign for the purpose of getting rid of a nuisance, intending to take other steps if necessary.
The sign was put up by my orders, and was regarded as a matter of necessity and expediency. It was of course a bold thing to do in the face of a frowning press, but they obliged us to do it to save ourselves.