Word: wake
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...change the complexion of that body, even if all the new men each year should be advocates of "voluntary prayers." Every effort should be made to get the right men nominated, and then the nominees should be supported at the polls on Commencement Day. The younger graduates should wake up to the issue and remember the undergraduates who remain behind them attending prayers against their wills. It is the younger men on whom we must rest our hopes, for the older men are so wedded to the idea of prayer-going that an appeal to them would be practically useless...
...twelve. It is still early for a large crowd, but those who wish to learn this interesting game should begin early. A little perseverance will enable new men to get the hang of it, and then all is plain sailing. Old and new players alike should wake up. A sport which is looked upon with approval by the college and which has been in the past so generally successful, should get its full share of active support on the field...
Across the moon's wake floats a skiff...
...Dixon has been elected president of Wake Forest College, North Carolina...
...class, the success of its crew, despite the captain, depends upon the willingness of the men to try for the seats. We think the crew should be commended for its condition after the reverses it has suffered, and "we kindly advise" the writer of the article to "wake up" (to use his own words), and to show his hearty interest in the crew in a way more effective than the one he has adopted...