Word: blowed
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...College can conceive of the enthusiasm which attended a rush. The fence enclosing the Delta was packed with Juniors and Seniors, while the road was literally thronged with lookers-on. The classes now stand front to front, the word is given for the kick-off (first blow), then the struggle has begun. The Freshmen's head man, with his backers, throws himself into the heart of the Sophs, and is knocked down without the least ceremony. The indignant class rush forward to avenge their leader. Then one was deafened by the cries, - "At them, Freshies!" "Down with them, Sophs...
...antiquities, Miss Wiggleson, have you ever heard the story about George Washington?" A shade passed over her face. Perhaps she doesn't like anecdotes, thought I. "About the pear-tree?" said she. "No, indeed. This is a new and original story. He was at dinner, and having occasion to blow his venerable nose, he excited a great commotion among the ladies. One of these, bending tenderly toward him (Martha wasn't looking): 'Have you a cold, Georgie dear?' This remark so touched him that he gave her the handkerchief at once. It is now to be seen at the Loan...
...there seems no reason to doubt the correctness of these statements, - something must be done at once. No one will care to make a record on a track which is not level, and the one branch of athletics in which Harvard was successful last year will receive a severe blow. The Athletic Association, with an energy which it has always shown, intends to make the repairs which are necessary. But to make thorough work, a larger amount of money is needed than it can raise unless its present resources are increased. The officers of the Association have therefore decided...
Greet all salt winds that blow...
...within, and blow our noses...