Word: laterizing
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...Wells, president of the Oxford University Athletic Club, England, on Dec. 18, took his Bachelor's degree. Last season he beat W. G. George off the mark at the Exeter sports in a half-mile race, and later on in the University sports he defeated Eyre by eight yards...
...neophyte fancies that this obligation has no hidden meaning, but he soon finds his mistake. It is not enough that he gives cigars and lends 'ponies' to his fellow Alpha Delta Phi. Under the apparently innocent words, 'tobacco,' 'ponies' and 'examination papers,' lie hidden meanings which are sooner or later boldly declared. Tobacco is found to be synonymous with all valuable property - money, lands and stocks. The 'pony,' instead of being a translation of a Greek or Latin author, means nothing less than life, and 'examination papers' means all the energies which man possesses. The Alpha Delta is thus pledged...
...Bliss rowed freshman and sophomore years, Goodwin freshman year, Bacon, Agassiz and Walker last year, while Burr and Kendall are new men. Hutchinson of last year's crew is trying for the 'Varsity, while LeMoyne, who rowed freshman year, will probably take a place in the class boat later in the year...
...present day Vienna and Berlin are the centres where our young men crowd for instruction. These must sooner or later yield their precedence and pass the torch they hold to other hands. Where shall it next flame at the head of the long procession? Shall it find its old place on the shores of the Gulf of Salerno, or shall it mingle its rays with the northern aurora up among the fields of Norway, or shall it be borne across the Atlantic and reach the banks of the Charles, where Agassiz and Wyman have taught, where Hagen still teaches, glowing...
Inquiries at official headquarters bring out the fact that the receipt of Yale's challenge has been acknowledged and that an informal acceptance has been sent. Yale has virtually been assured that we will row, what more does she want? Last year it was even later than this that the formalities were finally arranged, owing to some delays caused by Yale. This year each college has a graduate committee, to aid in preserving harmony. These committees have not yet done their work of compiling rules; when this is done a formal acceptance will be sent under the conditions...