Word: bars
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Dates: during 1880-1880
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...snapping of bright teeth, and a grinding sound, and there is nothing but a dark red stain on the fair white snow. Hu-u-u-u! how we sped along under the bright, cruel stars, to the merry, long-drawn notes, while the poor frightened peasant put another bar on his flimsy door and shiveringly murmured, "Les loups-garous...
JUST below the bar a ship at anchor rides...
...quite a delight for the bar...
...which the different events followed one another, and gave great satisfaction to a large number of spectators, many of whom were graduates. First on the list came the vaulting (with one hand), for which Messrs. F. B. Keene, '80, and J. L. Paine, '81, were the only entries. The bar was first placed at 4 ft. 6 1/2 in., and was gradually raised to 5 ft. 2 1/2 in., without a failure to clear it on the part of either; but at 5 ft. 4 in. both were unsuccessful, in six trials, and the bar was again lowered...
...both men was excellent, and had Mr. Burr only been himself, it would have been a most interesting contest. Messrs. R. Sturgis, '81, the Captain of the Lacrosse Team, and G. B. Morison, '83, the Captain of the Freshman Football Team, contended in the Running High-Jump. The bar was gradually raised from 4 ft. 6 in. to 5 ft. 2 in., without a failure to clear it; but at this height Mr. Sturgis failed, and the cup was given to Mr. Morison, who cleared it very gracefully at his second attempt. This is Mr. Morison's first appearance...