Word: laterizing
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...half an hour later the Harvard team strolled on to the floor, ready to show what it could do. Foremost among the tuggers was J. H. B. Easton, the "biggest anchor any team ever had," as an enthusiastic soldier remarked who was trying to place $10 against $5 that Harvard would win. He has tugged seven times in that hopeful capacity, and only once has Harvard had to yield the victory. The other members of the team do not compare well with Easton in size of body, but they are scholarly, toughened young men, and each one good...
...have the four days, which would extend our vacation to the customary two weeks, added by simply dropping them out of the term, for no one would object to a corresponding shortening of the long summer vacation. Harvard College exercises begin fully a week later in the fall than those of most other colleges, and I think most students agree that we would spend this week much more profitably in college than in looking around our native streets after most of our friends had begun their studies...
...look at the question of another game to decide the championship, it certainly seems as if neither Yale nor Princeton has acted in the happiest manner. Princeton sent a telegram at eleven o'clock, which, as she explained in a later message, must be answered within an hour. As the question involved was one that could not possibly be answered off-hand, the natural inference would be that Princeton was not especially desirous of having an extra game, but wished to throw the responsibility for an unsettled championship upon Yale. This may not be the case...
...crimson and white once more to the front at New London. The first championship has been gained by the freshmen over Yale, and with energy and perseverance there is no reason why '90 should not duplicate her foot-ball victory by gaining the base-ball championship and another later in the spring on the water. Especially should attention be given from now until the spring to rowing on the hydraulic machines in the gymnasium, as the Columbia freshmen have already gone to work with a determination to wipe out their defeats of the past two years. With proper support...
...full detailed account will be furnished later...