Word: less
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...present compulsion. Nothing can excuse such acts as the recent disfiguration of the chapel, and nothing will more certainly impede your movement. Indeed, the various indications of late, that an element of rowdyism is reappearing a Harvard, will be seized upon as an argument that more, and not less restraint is needed...
...down," but close to their 25-yard line. Bemis passed it poorly and Kimball lost it, so that Yale had the ball "down" close to the touch line. It was slipped to Coxe, who threw himself forward and landed over the line, thus securing the first touchdown in less than three minutes after the commencement of the game. Ricbards kicked the goal...
...when suddenly, as the chief marshaless and her staff were about to descend the stairs leading to the ground floor, they were assaulted with orange peel, and showers of water by a body of hoodlumettes ensconced upon the stairs above. This assault was the signal for little less than a riot; hairpins were drawn on both sides, and a general scrimmage seemed unavoidable. The attacking party seemed to be overawed, however, by the superior numbers of their opponents, and withdrew in disorderly haste. With the exception of this incident the demonstration was a rousing success. The procession was an hour...
...majority of the college rooms represent more moderate means, and to the less critical eye are just as pleasant and interesting, if not as luxurious and a la mode. It might be interesting to note what one finds of special interest in these sanctums of college men. Let us, therefore, make a call. We knock, and the response, "Come in!" tells us that Snodkins is in. We enter, greet the "old fellow," start out with a discussion of the late Princeton game, and finally conclude that Harvard men don't know how to play foot ball anyway. Meanwhile we have...
...game of foot ball shins, of course, will suffer, and here and there a collarbone perchance will snap. But the very spirit of the Eton game lends itself less to hard kicking than do others. Skill more than brute force is required to run a ball down neatly from one end of the field to the other; the enemy has rather to be dexterously avoided than encountered and overthrown. Still it would be idle to pretend that foot ball is a delicate game, or one to be enjoyed without a fair share of hard blows. given and received. Given...