Word: wild
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Springfield Union says: "The singing of the Harvard College-Quartet seemed to set the audience wild, and although they had a generous number of songs, encores were demanded and redemanded...
...obtained scholarships in Political Economy, and as the socialists took the greatest interest in that subject, his party embraced the leading socialists of the hall. The party consisted of four Germans, two Russians, two Roumanians, and one representative each from Poland, Switzerland, Greece, and America, and a wild fantastic group they made, both in appearance and in opinions. Their dress was plain, but varied and nondescript, partaking of the striking characteristics of the various nationalities represented. The determined though uneasy air of each man showed plainer than any words the powerful and turbulent forces with which despotic governments would later...
...been able to present its readers with uniformly good stories, albeit rather gloomy at times. Now, in our humble opinion, translations like Mr. Santayana's "May Night," and Mr. Mitchell's "Little Dauphin," are worth twice to the college literary world what a namby pamby love story, or a wild medley of lunacy and brain fever would...
Yale is training a freshman, Dann, for pitcher, as it is not likely that Odell will be able to pitch, and Willett is considered too wild. - Princetonian...
...dance about the tree. The band which had been practicing Fair Harvard (two years old) started up, also surprised, and began a series of quadrilles and waltzes, which they continued until dark. Toward evening, the seniors for the first time gathered about the old tree and began a wild quadrille of their own, in which they were soon joined by the whole college, the maidens looking on and applauding. Just as the sun was setting, the graduating class formed in line and passed around the yard, cheering the buildings in order...