Word: stalwart
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...following transparency was prepared with infinite labor by Messrs. Brewer, Garrison, Cogswell, Furness and Paine, and was borne through the entire parade unharmed, on the stalwart shoulders of two sable Africans. The transparency stood seven feet high, and was a correct copy of the chapel, the part representing the building made of pasteboard with the stone work sketched in, and the windows in stained glass,- formed a pretty sight. Below was a large transparency bearing the legends as seen in our cut; and, in addition, on the opposite side, a specimen sumons-card under the old regime, labelled, "The good...
...will witness at Yale, and probably at other leading colleges, the prohibition of all inter-collegiate base-ball contests, as it is the general feeling among the various faculties that the sport is injurious to the proper work of the students. It is said that even Professor Richards, that stalwart friend of Yale sports, declared that the welfare of Yale demands the future abolition of the contests...
...lively combat between two stalwart waiters in Memorial caused quite a commotion at breakfast yesterday; after the shower of plates with which they opened the dispute had ceased from lack of ammunition, they grappled, and for some minutes, there was a picturesque fist fight till they were separated. Both were promptly discharged...
...walk on Harvard Street, just opposite Holyoke St. On every moist day, on each side of the walk leading from the Chapel to Memorial, two large pools of water are formed which gradually rise and overflow the path; then our generous authorities send a couple of stalwart Irishmen who dig a small trench across the path, drawing the small puddle into the larger, and making the walk in the meanwhile a regular quicksand. The end of the walk opposite Holyoke St. is still worse; the stones are sunken and uneven. and on the rainy days that are so common...
...here at Harvard, which has so many advantages and which is so central in its position and influence, is indeed a good thing. You all respect bodily equipment and strength, and I, too, have rejoiced in my countrymen as I have seen them at foot-ball or rowing-noble, stalwart, finely built fellows. It is good that you do have this respect, for there is a sound mind in a sound body." You men are intending to be influential in your lives, in a mental way and in business. Be also influential in a way that treats of subjects even...