Word: sustaining
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...they wish to make a showing against the Yale freshmen. They ought to realize that they have an inter-collegiate series to play, where "monkeying" does not win a game. They have not only the honor of their own class, but in part the reputation of the college to sustain...
...amount necessary for men under varying circumstances, experience has shown that most of us are in better health when we have a sufficient quantity at regular times. The adaptability of the human system is very great, and is shown very markedly in the matter of sleep. The insane can sustain long continued conditions of sleeplessness. Every organ and tissue in the body must have rest, or they soon become worn out. The heart must make use of the intervals between beats to obtain necessary repose. The cause of sleep is the using up of potential energy. When we are fatigued...
...Ludington, '87, got away with all his opponents at the 120 yards' hurdle race last year, and unexpectedly had them all behind him at the finish. He is a good man and will try hard to sustain his reputation this year...
...years a disposition has asserted itself to do away with school-boy tricks and college barbarisms, on the part of the students, and to abolish police surveillance on the part of the faculty. The authorities have thus encouraged a spirit of manhood, and the students have been eager to sustain...
...general mirth and festivity. We refer to the upperclassmen who are so unfortunate as to room in the north entry of Thayer. From time to time we have heard vague rumors concerning the action of certain freshmen in that entry. In the absence of any definite proof to sustain such rumors, we have passed the matter over in silence. A few nights ago, however, we had the misfortune to be present as an unwilling auditor at one of these freshman celebrations. It is enough to say that we believe the rumor now. Some effort should be made...