Word: went
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...favored the system of having dormitories for all the classes, Professor Leacock replied that strongly as the dormitories impressed him, he could never support any plan that endangered the freedom of the individual. "We have seen the effect of the Prussian system of compulsion in the universities," he went on, "and we must be careful that we do not lose that freedom which has always characterized British and American university life...
...trouble with this," explained the great political economist, "was that it wasn't tough enough for the readers' taste. So a novel developed that was staged in the open, where the heroine was always Miss Middleton--always the Miss." Mr. Leacock went on to describe the hair-breadth escape from the Apaches of the typical couple alone far out in the wilderness; how the hero lowers the girl 200 feet down a precipice with his lariat, and they ride off together over the prairie to the little railway station, where they are to separate forever...
...questions covered a wide range of subjects and studies, from an understanding of simple arithmetic to an idea of the classical arts. It was found that the highest average ranks as a class went to the A. B. men, while the special students averaged the lowest...
...last Saturday, it was shown that Yale had not so much to fear from her opponents' passes as from her own. With the score six to six in the third quarter Neville hastily threw a lateral pass to Kempton. The pass went wild and fell to the ground. Scheerer, a Princeton substitute, scooped up the ball and before the Yale players knew what had happened, he had crossed the goal line for the winning touchdown...
Last night the men went down to the Essex County Country Club at Manchester in order to have a complete rest before tomorrow's game. To wind up their peaceful sojourn H. Elliott '22 and J. Sargent '22 will give an entertainment of specialty numbers to the squad on Friday evening...