Word: wildly
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Dartmouth.- Williams went out at first on three strikes; Keay made a hit, took third on a wild throw and came home on Chandler's three-bagger after Dascomb had fouled out. McCarty flied out to Gallivan, leaving Chandler on third.- Score: Harvard, 0; Dartmouth...
Dartmounth.- Gault struck out; Stark did the same. Artz knocked a grounder to third, who fumbled it, and came home on a wild throw and a combination of errors. Baehr flied cut to Knowlton.- Score: Harvard, 0; Dartmouth...
...Jewett, of the Semitic department, took place in Sever 11 last night. The subject was a historial novel called "Antar, a Bedouin Romance," written during the reign of Haroun all Raschid, and, as it is 4,000 pages long, only selected translations could be given. This poem depicts the wild life of the desert, such as the Iliad affords us of the life of the ancient Greeks. Antar was a real character, and his fame as a warrior and poet was long preserved by tradition. Singlehanded he put hundreds to flight, and with a few followers dispersed the armies...
...still makes men ready to believe anything bad which may be said of it, while they refuse to credit any representations to the contrary. Then, too, we have more rich men's son's here than any other college possesses, and rich men's sons are, as a rule, wild and extravagant, and by their actions tend to bring the whole college into disrepute. The chief reason, however, for our "bad eminence" is the readiness which the newspapers show to discredit all colleges, and Harvard, as the largest, gets the greatest share. There is a natural hostility between college-bred...
...meant, but when informed by the ubiquitous mucked that "Dem was de Hairvards" their wonder and astonishment gave way to admiration. Stories, jokes and songs beguiled the time, until finally the train, puffing and blowing with pride in its precious freight, drew up at the pier. One wild rush, a cheer or two, and lo! the noble three hundred were transferred to the palatial steamer "Pilgrim." The "wise virgins" made at once for the dining saloon, where they ordered, devoured and digested (let us hope) an excellent dinner. The "foolish virgins" were obliged to form a line and wait...