Word: sixteener
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...spectacle which occurred in a Senior committee meeting of a man voting for himself in sixteen straight ballots is both ludicrous and sad.-[Amherst Student...
...Yale Bicycle Club is in a very flourishing condition. Sixteen new members have been added to the club this year...
...Page of the University of Pennsylvania, who recently jumped so well, is said to be only sixteen years old and but 5 feet 6 inches in height...
...unpleasant weather did not prevent the usual number from assembling in Sanders Theatre last evening to hear the competitors for the Boylston Prizes for Declamation. The competitors were sixteen in number, of whom nine were seniors and seven juniors. The speaking was above the standard of the last few years and was conspicuous by the entire absence of Greek, which is scarcely a favorite in a competition of this kind. A considerable part of the audience waited after the close of the declamation for the announcement of the prizes, which was as follows : First prizes to John Parker Holmes...
...performances in most instances. The German method of fencing has very little of the grace and science of the French style, requiring only great strength and flexibility of the wrist. The sword used, spear they call it, is about three feet long, sharpened eight inches on one side, and sixteen inches on the other, with a blunt end. This is grasped in the right hand so that the arm crosses the face diagonally. The hand is protected by a basket hilt of iron, the arm and chest by impenetrable coverings. The left hand is held behind the back. There...