Word: anchored
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Smith cited the instance of Lieutenant Hobson who, ready to die for his country in the Spanish War, blocked the entrance to the harbor in which the enemy's fleet lay at anchor. Immediately the whole country rang with the praises of this daring young officer--until a newspaper story stamped him as vain and sentimental. It was the same with the man who won the battle of Manila Bay. When our nation, anxious to show its gratitude to Admiral Dewey, presented him with a house, he turned it over to his wife, and immediately "mud" was thrown...
Decorated trolley cars will then take the Class at law-defying speed to Rowe's Wharf, where it will board the "Lusitania," nee "King Philip," Fighting Bob, our captain, will then weigh anchor (500 pounds or thereabouts) and, assisted by his enthusiastic sky-pilots, will steer into mid-stream. Fairly bound for Nantasket Point, the keg-tappers start their work. On arriving at the Point, baseball games, track meets and swimming races will occupy the time until the tempting odor of a barbecue announces the serving of a collation by Oscar, of the Waldorf. Singing by class talent will beguile...
Curtailment, further handicap, more lead to the anchor. It's as absurd as it is typical. If that small, quaint, and old-fashioned distinction of issue between victory and defeat be not forgotten, if it bear any weight with those men in whom the injudicious restraint of athletics now lies, or if they are affected in any way by the existence of conditions which breed all over the country a broadcast belittlement of the University, why in the name of conscience and common sense don't they either abolish absolutely or let alone...
...would be impossible to state in detail the numerous incidents that made the day eventful and enjoyable. Not until the rain and the darkness turned the thoughts of the studious homeward did the sea-worthy crew of the "King Philip" up anchor and away...