Word: wilding
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Play ball!' said the umpire, but that was something we seemed loath to do. The bats seemed heavy and the ball escaped us on the field, and our throwing was wild. Then suddenly our captain called the bunch together and said: 'Boys, you're not making history very fast, and if you don't wake up now and play ball, I'll forfeit the game!' We awoke and played ball. Our batters found the ball and put it out of commission, while the runners passed over the bags. The score was tied, and then Williams forged ahead...
...final with Harvard at bat. A ball long-driven was met on the bound, and a wild, high throw to first was received in the air with a jump and a reach, just in time to put the runner out. The next victim fanned the air. A third went to the plate with a stately tread. It was a sky-rocket, not long but high. That little black sphere in the center of the big shining orb was coming down to mother earth, but it never struck because Orrin Day (second baseman) was in the way. The impact knocked...
...University secured its lone tally in the ninth, when Stuart tripled, and came home on a wild throw to third. Captain West and Watrous each made a triple and a single. Murray also played well, accepting seven chances without an error in right field, making a hit, and stealing three bases...
...music: Afternoon Concert. 1. "Daddy Longlegs," Grimshaw Banjo Club. 2. Vocal Solo. A. R. Howe '19. 3. "Loyal Friends March," Odell Mandolin Club. 4. Hawalian Trio. J. A. Patterson '19, B. A. Jenkins '19, H. H. Pell, Jr., '19. 5. Vocal Solo. M. Shattuck '19. 6. "To a Wild Rose," MacDowell Mandolin club. 7. Freshman Quartet. A. R. Howe, M. A. Shattuck, C. W. Cook, R. Tapley. Evening Concert. 1. "Prayer of Thanksgiving," Kremser Freshman Glee Club. 2. "There is a Tavern in the Town," "Anvil Chorus." Gore Glee Club. 3. "Pilgrim's Chorus," Wagner Freshman Glee Club. 4. "Upidee...
Tomorrow the bars of propriety will be lowered, staid looks, flowing gowns and flashing buttons laid aside, and the Senior class, filled with a wild abandon, their loins girt up with overalls, will go forth to picnic. For four years the main endeavor of each man has been the acquisition of knowledge. Tomorrow the chief pursuit will be pleasure. For four years the class has gathered for its smokers and dinners. Tomorrow it will gather for the last occasion of merriment, the last festival and carnival of jollity, during the days of undergraduate enrolment in the University. Let 1916 rally...