Word: roped
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...Lampy. I caught on to the idea, and played the philosopher. I stared. Slowly but surely Lampy drooped. His legs elongated, his arms became wings, his nose became a beak. It was - it was the Ibis. Still he could talk. "Who did lemonade?" he squeaked. I took the only rope I had - my tennis net - and tied it to the bedpost. "Did you ever see tennis net?" he chuckled. I threw it out the window. "What was it kerosene?" I began to descend. The Ibis leaned far out the window and screeched, 'Will you subscribe?" - and I woke...
...efforts of the Committee to make Class Day enjoyable to those for whom it is intended are commendable. Instead of being roped off as usual, the Yard will be paled in. This will be a great improvement over the old plan. It seems impossible with the rope to keep out the rabble; and before the evening is over the crowd is so large that one cannot move about the Yard with any comfort. The aim of the Committee is to distribute the Yard-tickets among the class, and if all are careful as to whom they give them, next Class...
...rope! a blanket...
...style of adjustable pulling weight. In principle it is the same as the old pulling weight, but in the details of construction it is vastly superior. Wooden pulleys on steel shafts have been substituted for the old iron pulleys, and the cowhide has been replaced by Manila rope. The weights are placed in a stout wooden box, which is guided in its rise and fall by steel rods. When not in use this box rests on a rubber pad preventing the disagreeable jerk and jar which invariably ensued when the weight was allowed to descend a little...
...MEMBER of '83, who comes from the "Far West," seeing Jones tugging at the bell-rope, exclaimed, "Well, I always knew they were very swell here at Harvard, but I didn't suppose there were elevators in the buildings." (Fact...