Word: swamped
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Indians ran along the western border of the present Yard, and at the corner of Harvard square was a hill on which a sentry watched continually. The College woodpile was on the site of University Hall and the field on which Sever Hall was built was a swamp and huckle-berry patch. There were several wooden buildings on the hill by the square of which Wadsworth House still remains...
...four-oared shells were rowed Saturday afternoon under the most unfavorable conditions possible. By the time scheduled for the start a strong head wind had arisen, blowing somewhat off the wall on the Beacon street side, and the basin was lashed into a high running sea, which threatened to swamp the boats at any minute. It was almost dark when the crews after much maneuvering finally managed to get into position. Crew No. 4, J. F. Perkins '99, captain had the course nearest the wall; crew No. 3, H. M. Adams '98, captain, was next; crew...
...Field afforded. The field has been found to be wet and an attempt was made to drain it, not wholly with success. The plans now being carried out will remedy the trouble. As for malaria, Holmes Field is more likely to be malarial than Soldiers. It was once a swamp. But now there is no more risk of illness on Soldiers than on Holmes. The time for a new boat house is not far away. Then all the interests will be centered on Soldiers, and there will be no more attractive part of the University...
...Neath Cloudless Skies," by Fred C. Green; "A Sporting Vacation in Montana," by G. M. Dillard; "Moose Hunting in New Brunnswick," by the late E. P. Rogers; "Lenz's World Tour Awheel"; "Finnish Fish and Fishermen," by Fred. Whishaw; "Guns and Shooting," by Ed. W. Sandys; "The Great Dismal Swamp," by Alex. Hunter; "The New Hampshire National Guard," by George H. Moses; "Football," by Walter Camp, and the usual editorials, poems, records...
...Balleuse," by Carl H. Hovey '97, is a decidedly good study of the quick-passioned Creole type of Louisiana and carries with it the murky atmosphere of the land of the swamp and palmetto...