Word: walks
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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CANDIDATES for the Freshman Crew now train as follows: rise at 7 A. M., and walk until 7.40; row 800 strokes at 2.30 P. M.; at 4.30 run half an hour...
...full, is divided into two parts; one for college men only, the other for all amateurs. Gold and silver medals will be given for all the events, except the tug-of war, for which sets of colors will probably be the prizes. The college events are: I-mile walk, 1/2-mile run, 75-yards dash, I-mile run, 1/4-mile run, 220-yards hurdle, and tug-of-war (teams of four men each...
...open events, subject to slight changes, are: 75-yards dash (handicap), 220-yards dash (handicap), I-mile walk (for those who have never beaten 7 minutes), 1/4-mile run (handicap), I-mile walk (handicap), limited, I-mile run (handicap), limited, tug-of-war (teams of four each), regimental tug-of-war between company teams from the 7th and 22d Regiments, and bicycle race, 2 miles...
...wrong (vous avez tort); they did not weep, but they felt pretty badly. Now bring me my long yellow coat with the red checks, and my arctics; I am going to walk...
...nothing varies the dreary, brown monotony of the steaming Yard, except here and there the bright green spot which denotes the passing, verdant Freshman, or the umbrella of the chance passer as he picks his way round the deep and treacherous puddles, - a succession of which compose the "stone" walk, - or trudges courageously through the mud of the other ways. The trees are waving their bare branches dismally to and fro, and groaning at the rude embraces of the north-wind...