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...have two or more men to keep the time and let the referee give his undivided attention to the ball? I say two, because there is less likelihood of a mistake, real or intentional, where two men are concerned. Like the ancient Roman consuls, one would act as a drag upon the other...
...mistake the office for a bear garden, nor Wadsworth for an ice-house. Let him not despise the in offensive cigarette and sicken upon the masculine bulldog. Let him not drink too much lemonade, nor think a remorse should be worn conspicuously. Let him not drag about a stick he can't carry for two consecutive minutes. Let him not play the drum at midnight, nor boast of wild feats he never attempted, nor attempt wild feats he can never perform. Little boys should be seen and not heard, and not seen too much either...
...shut it." In the course of his remarks Dr. McKenzie said, "The truth which these words express could be taken from any book of the Bible and merely means that the power of God is stronger than that of man. Christ, the Son of God, did not drag men into His train, but said, 'Come ye, if ye will.' The one thing, and the only thing that students ask is an opportunity commensurate with their ability, and certainly they have it here. The University can do little more than broaden the door and keep it open by day and night...
...London is utterly unfit for a race between three crews, and we must say that Columbia shows great presumption in proposing any such arrangement. If she wishes to row Yale - a very laudable desire by the way - there is no reason why she should not do so, but to drag Harvard into such a race is more than she has a right to propose...
...word, the rope was released, and they sprang back with a jump, heaving all together. Whichever team had the most perfect system of heaves generally won, bracing their feet on the rosined floor. Tricks were constantly devised to throw the opposite team off its balance and drag them across; these pulls were said to be as exciting as the severest pulls to-day, but a much greater element of luck entered into them...