Word: war
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...constitution, as the bodies empowered to form one did not do so. The revolutions in all the other states in 1848 caused the monarchs of these states to yield, and a parliament representing the people was formed. In this the present German constitution received its inception. After the Austrian war the Reichstag was established. This body is elected by the people and represents them, while the Bundesrath represents the governments of the different states. The Reichstag is a single chamber, and its main function is to discuss and sanction. The Bundesrath can veto any legislation of the Reichstag...
...GRISWOLD.CANDIDATES for the '91 tug-of-war team will meet at the gymnasium Monday afternoon, Feb. 11, at 3.30 o'clock...
...rather hard to understand why, from a class of over three hundred, only ten men have presented themselves as candidates for the tug-of-war team. It may be that the men do not realize how much interest is taken in the tug-of-war contests at the winter meetings that in these contests class feeling finds expression as at no other time, except at the class races in May. Rope and anchor work are not hard to learn, and it only requires practice to make any ordinarily strong man serviceable on a tug-of-war team. If Ninety...
...especial feature will be made of the tug-of-war contests, in which there will be three classes, and entries from outside teams are greatly desired. The limit of weight in the open tug-of-war will be 650 pounds, but the intercollegiate tug-of-war will be under the rules of the Intercollegiate Athletic Association. The following events will take place on the first' night, Friday, March 15: Fencing (open to Yale men only); horizontal bar (open to Yale and Second regiment); exhibition pull of the champion Yale crew; regimental tug-of-war (open to Second Regiment only); intercollegiate...
...war team has commenced work. Motte, Viles, Grant, McDonald, Boardman and Duane are trying for positions on the rope, and Allen, Stickney and Potter for the position of anchor. The team has been coached by Perry, '89, and Amory, '90. The small number of candidates is discouraging...