Word: ringing
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...view. Stones should be sunk in the earth to mark the start and finish of the 100-yards; the 220-yards; 120-yards hurdles, with stones to mark the position of each hurdle, quarter-mile, etc. We would also suggest to the Executive Committee that this year they ring a bell in all the longer races when the men enter on the last lap. A cinder path is, of course, impossible this year, but a very fair track, like the old one, can be made by taking up the sod, and watering and rolling the earth beneath. We hope...
...Hang it!" replied the Bell warmly. "If I ring simply to get the men to breakfast I'll hold my tongue hereafter...
...great event of the day, that which interested intensely every undergraduate present, was the tug of war, composed of the five strongest men in the four classes. The class of '79 led the way into the ring, headed by four of her representatives on the 'Varsity, Smith, Schwarz, Jacobs, Crocker, and Taussig. The appearance of those four men, who have done so much for the College in boating, and who have contributed so much to '79's reputation as an athletic class, was the signal for a burst of applause caused by a very pardonable pride. The class...
...castles built in smould'ring fire...
...RING out the merry Christmas-bells...