Word: wabash
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Seneca, "Select Letters." By E. C. Winslow, A. M., professor in Wabash College...
...they entered the scow when a bell rang, and two sturdy marines began turning a windlass in the middle of the floor. The scow began slowly moving along a submerged cable, and at the end of a couple of minutes bumped up against the side of the receiving ship, "Wabash." "All out!" sung out the marine, the party jumped ashore, - or aboard - and the scow returned to the shore. Up a flight of stairs they went a trifle doubtful as to whether they would be loaded with irons and sent below, or treated like brothers and welcomed on board. However...
...This is the old 'Wabash,'" he explained. "She was a good ship in her day, had several fights during the war; but she's gone out of style. She's been anchored here for eleven years now, roofed over, and turned into a receiving ship. When a U. S. marine finishes a voyage, unless he goes off on leave or is discharged, he is sent here till his ship goes to sea again. The ship serves more or less as a school ship. The men on board are kept in practice all the time, and young fellows like...
...class dress of the seniors of Wabash College is a sailor suit. They will appear as a class this way at commencement...
...Wabash College has two hundred students, three papers, and an athletic association...