Word: fifteen
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...Fifteen minutes," he said at last; "not quite as well as your father used to do. But you are flurried, embarrassed; Diana will play to you. You must excuse me now. Good evening." And he bowed himself...
...other visits did n't prosper much, but I went to the Archibalds' very often. Always there were fifteen minutes of Latin, always a sudden disappearance of papa, always an hour or so of music. I used to read my Horace up beforehand, which was very well, but that I would read so much in the fifteen minutes. And this fluency of mine brought on a catastrophe, of which this is the story...
...fond of tracing manners and customs back into the remote past will rejoice in the material afforded them by Mr. Capes's little book entitled "University Life in Ancient Athens," in which it is shown that many of the student customs of to-day were in vogue at east fifteen hundred years...
After an interval of about fifteen minutes game was again called, sides having been changed. The Princeton men were evidently working hard, and the ball was kept constantly about the centre of the field. In fifteen minutes Cushing, '79, got a touch-down from a fine kick by Seamans, and the latter, amidst many cheers, kicked the goal. Sides were again changed, and the game resumed. There was hard fighting by both teams, and some good playing. Princeton got a touch-down, but missed the goal...
...Princeton, to be played on Jarvis Field, at 3 P.M., Saturday, April 28. Tickets for the game may be obtained at 2 Beck Hall or 48 Matthews, and at Whiton's. The team has not yet been definitely selected. The captain especially desires all who have played on the fifteen to improve every opportunity for practice. Practice together has been the chief cause of former successes, and is now more needed than anything else. Mr. Barlow, '79, has been elected treasurer in place of Mr. Russell, resigned...