Word: wente
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Holden was well filled last evening by those who went to hear Mr. Studd...
There were but few amusing incidents during the afternoon. The freshmen failed to do their part toward entertaining the crowd on the pier, - that is their crew did, - but the usual number of excited freshmen went rambling through the boat house, asking the difference between a shell and a barge, or a sliding-seat and a stretcher; and one verdant youth created much merriment by remarking that "our crew isn't rowing badly at all," and then pointing to '86 making their way slowly down the river...
...final bout in the light-weight sparring between Ashe and Austin, '87, was looked forward to with the greatest interest. Austin forced the fighting from the first, in the second round giving his opponent some hard blows and getting a few in return. In the third round both men went quickly to work, but they showed the effects of their previous struggle, Ashe especially, who had a hard contest with Mitchell. Both soon became winded and their last few blows were weak and ineffective. After some minutes discussion, the judges decided to call the bout a draw, though...
...conclusion the Colonel drew a vivid picture of the end. The Union soldier went back to his home his flag floating proudly above him, his uniform honored his native village untouched by the horrors of war. On the other hand the flag and tattered uniforms of the Confederate disappeared forever, and the southern volunteer went back to a devastated country with property lost, his cause disgraced, and nothing left him but weary years of reconstruction and memories of his bloody...
...freshman lacrosse team went into training yesterday. As the cage is in use every afternoon by other teams the freshmen will be unable to practice there...