Word: worded
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...word, let him not be "fresh." If his betters, the seniors, chose to go down in the mud and bite car tracks, that is an eminently respectable thing for them to do. They are not "fresh." They are only clinging to the last relics of a vanished childhood. But he, the freshman, with all the innocent freedom of a child in bib and tucker, has also all said child's ignorance of convention. This let him put in his pipe- if he can use one-and smoke, for we speak to him of the fullness of our heart or hearts...
Since the trials of candidates for the Glee Club and for the Pierian orchestra are to take place this coming week, a word to those intending to try for positions on the clubs may not be out of place...
...boats were in line and Mr. Cornell gave the word "Go." The start was very even, and for some ten seconds it was difficult to tell which crew was ahead. Here, however, Columbia gradually drew away from her antagonists and the rest of the race was a mere procession. Columbia's supporters were wild with excitement and cheered their crew most enthusiastically as Harvard gradually fell further in the rear. Harvard men, on the contrary, wore rather sober faces and watched their boat closely to see if anything had happened to cause such a complete inequality between the two crews...
...just 5.37 the word "Go" was given, and the boats were off. The start was very even, Harvard having a slight advantage. Before the quarter mile was reached, however, Columbia had caught up with her rivals, and urged on by the frantic cheers of their supporters on land and water, the two boats flew down the river. At this point, Harvard was rowing 35 and Columbia 38 strokes to the minute...
...word both boats got off very evenly, Yale having a slight advantage. At the quarter Yale was still a little ahead, pulling thirty-seven strokes to the minute, Harvard following with thirty-five. At about this point the race was one of the prettiest ever seen on the river. The men in both eights were pulling beautifully, and the outcome was still decidedly unsettle. Yale passed the mile in 5 m. 20 s., with Harvard three seconds behind. In a short time the boats would reach the eel-grass where Yale hoped to row away from Harvard, as Harvard...