Word: watching
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...subject of "First aid in cases of fractures, dislocating, and bandaging." The patient suffers as much in accidents from the sympathy and officiousness of the by-standers, as he does from the injury itself. We should do too little rather than too much. If we drop a watch, we take it to the watch-maker for repair, and to him alone. So in case of bodily injuries, we should rely on the surgeon alone...
...hope that every man who remains in Cambridge to-day, and who can afford it - and there are few who cannot - will go out on Holmes this afternoon and watch the lacrosse game between Harvard and Cambridge. The team merits all support from the college for its great achievements of last year; and from the capital game which the team is playing this year, we have no doubt that it will repeat its last year's record. At any rate, those who go out on Eolmes this afternoon will see a good game. Lacrosse has to appeal to a prejudiced...
Several thefts at the gymnasium are reported. The most serious loss is that of Latta, '89, who had a costly gold watch and chain stolen Monday afternoon...
...life is worth to try to escape from the army of small fiends who besiege the expectant tennis-player with cries of "Shack, mister," or "Say, mister, I'll shack yer fur fi' cents." Indeed, it it almost impossible to play on crowded Jarvis without "shacks" to watch the balls. It is admitted by one and all that this system is a very obnoxious one. It would be quite possible to erect at the back of some courts stop-nets, which would remove all necessity of hiring "shacks." The nets may be obtained at a very cheap rate...
...conclusion, the speaker said that more than anything else the dramatic writer must be sincere; that sincerity should especially be the watch-word of young authors, for no element in an audience is more important or harder to move than that of sincerity. Mr. Howard spoke in a moderate tone of voice with no attempts at elocutionary effects, but his contrasts of pathos and humor were carefully chosen, and were greatly enjoyed by his hearers...