Word: spree
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...college man does not drink. He gets drunk. The occasions of his getting drunk are varied and sporadic. A football victory, a visit to the metropolis, a check from home, the end of the examinations, a large party, a small party, may serve as the whywithal of a "spree." The aftermath consists largely in telling how much he drank, remembering with a triplicated record the sum of beverages which come his way. If a college man had no one to drink with, if he had no one to tell about it afterwards, he would be as abstinent as a sailor...
...based upon a definite record of the individuals engaged as well as the number of teams in each branch of sport. They show that 38 teams with 418 men, engaged in regular games--not scrub games--of baseball; in basket ball, 38 teams and 266 students; cane spree, two teams and six students; canoe racing, singles and doubles, nine students; rowing, 72 students; golf, four interclass teams, 24 participants; individual golf, 60; gymnastics, four teams, 16 men; hand ball, singles and doubles, 35 men; relay racing, 35 teams, 245 men; swimming, interclass, four teams, 32 men; individual swimming, 35 students...