Word: saving
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Nevins, '90, of Orange, N. J., a student at Cornell, lost his life on Thursday last in an attempt to save a young lady from drowning. The young lady broke through the ice while skating, and Nevins sprung in to rescue her. It is thought that she clasped him so as to impede his movements, for though an expert swimmer. he soon sank. His body was recovered in about twenty minutes, but several hours' work with electrical and other applications produced no effect. The young lady's body was recovered later. This is the third drowning accident at Cornell...
...series except in '74 and '75. During this period, practice games with professionals was all the coaching the nine received, except under the direction of the captain. Since the rule of the faculty was passed prohibiting all professional games or coaching, the nine has lost every series with Yale save one in 1885, and furthermore has, with one or two exceptions, never won an uphill game. I feel so strongly the importance of this practice to the success of the nine that unless it is given a fair trial once more, the nine, handicapped as it has been...
...supposition false. When the Yale faculty decided last spring that the fence had to be removed to make room for a new recitation hall, a great deal of bad feeling between the student body and the faculty resulted. All efforts on the part of graduates and of undergraduates to save the fence from destruction were of no avail. After the final decision of the faculty, preparations were made by the undergraduates, especially by the senior societies, to tear down the fence, and to carry off parts of it as souvenirs. One night, shortly after the Harvard-Yale freshman game...
...final heat in the 100-yards dash came next with only three men at the start, as Stead wished to save himself for the 440-yards run. Hawes, Moen, and Allen were the competitors; Hawes took the lead immediately and kept it to the end, although closely pressed by Moen. Hawes' time was 10 2-5 seconds. The running broad jump was won by G. R. White, Gr., who covered 20 feet, 2 1-2 inches. This was the best record of the day. The mile walk was a very evenly contested event. J. E. Howe, '91, being beaten...
...Cadet Band playing "Fair Harvard." It was some time before the applause subsided, and Mr. G. R. Nutter introduced the presiding officer, Colonel Charles R. Codman, who received an enthusiastic Harvard cheer. Colonel Codman said that in 1860 it was the young men who as Republicans came forward to save their country; now as young Democrats they come forward once more for their country's good. It is to free industry and to check monopoly that this step has been made. They know that Mr. Harrison has examined the Republican platform and finds that it agrees with his convictions. Rather...