Word: sidewalks
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...even before it was sufficiently manned he was forced to jump. The smoke was so dense that he was invisible to those below and landing in the net near the weaker end almost before its holders knew it, his fall was only partially broken and he struck the sidewalk with considerable force, receiving a bad shaking up and possible internal injuries...
...loved Harvard and I worked hard there. On the night of Saturday, May 29, after the Harvard-Princeton baseball game, I did, upon the impulse of the moment (I intended only to paint the score on the sidewalk when I bought the paint) commit what has properly been called an act of vandalism, of which I am heartily ashamed, and which has cost me my dearest ambition. I painted the score upon the pedestal of the statue of John Harvard, but I never intended it for "desecration," although I now feel that the student sentiment was just...
...Administrative Board of Harvard College, knowing that the students' custom of using the city sidewalks as a running-track, and of running - whether on the sidewalk or in the street - in scanty clothing, is justly offensive to the citizens of Cambridge, expects all students to give up this custom, which has already been abandoned by all the athletic teams of the College and of the University...
...captains of the various teams and crews have decided that hereafter the members of teams and crews shall run in the street rather than on the sidewalk and shall wear while running either trousers or woollen running tights and long stockings. Since these orders were given in deference to reasonable complaints through the city authorities in regard to the use of Cambridge sidewalks as running tracks for students, we earnestly ask all students, whether members of teams or not, to comply with them...
...aggrieved students declare that they will appear before the board of police commissioners at their next meeting and prefer charges of brutality against a number of patrolmen whose numbers the Yale men have obtained. Five Yale men were arrested during the crush at the fire, charges of obstructing the sidewalk and resisting the officer being preferred against them. They were bailed out late last night and appeared in the City Court this morning. The room was crowded with Yale students and the hearing developed many conflicting points. The hearing was continued until Saturday, pending further investigation into the matter...