Word: fells
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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With the exception of Thursday, which was a cold, raw day, and of Saturday, when the rain fell in torrents during the forenoon and part of the afternoon, the weather during the recess has been delightful, and well suited for out-door sports. The various athletic organizations have made the most of it and have been practising daily. All the class crews remained in Cambridge during the week, and every afternoon took practise spins on the Charles. The 'Varsity were here until Saturday, when they took a few days vacation; they will begin rowing again to-morrow. The men experienced...
...jumping ever seen in the Hemenway gymnasium," said a gentlemen who has been a regular spectator at our games for several years. Such, indeed, was the case. Of the four men, Bachelder, L. S.; Fogg and Atkinson. '85, and H. L. Clark, '87, who were entered only one man fell out until the bar was at an almost unparalleled height. Bachelder only cleared the first height, 4 ft. 4 1-2 in. and then withdrew. Up and up went the bar until the others had all gone over 5 ft. 8 3-4 in. This is the greatest height ever...
...Dougherty closed by saying that the great days of oratory are over. Oratory fell when the printing press rose. The press appeals to thousands, the orator to a few hundreds only. At present the orator's speech is delivered for subsequent publication, not for its immediate effect upon the hearers...
Gleason, one of the candidates for the freshman nine, fell Saturday while running on the track in the gymnasium, and, it is feared, injured his knee seriously...
...hideous sores, like those of the patriarch of Uz, and every day she sits down by the river side and scrapes herself with the rough potsherds of disease and violence. Hence the need of a Morgue. Here is brought the man who slipped while working on the quai, and fell in and was drowned. Hither comes the remnant of the drunken sot who reeled from the bridge at midnight and went down with a sullen plunge into the cold, dark waters which rush beneath the granite arches. This man was lured by his deadly enemy to a quiet place...