Word: torning
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...when men get to fighting so that their classmates have to pull them apart it is disgusting, and it must be especially so to the ladies, for whom these exercises are chiefly given. Again, when men go into the struggle wearing such clothes that they are immediately torn from their backs and they have to leave the field covered with borrowed garments the ridiculous disappears in the revolting. Now would it be asking too much of the committee who has charge of the tree to see to it that every man who wishes to take part in the struggle shall...
...struggles for the flowers have been carried may be well enough when there is no one in the question but men, but to the crowd of ladies who are gathered to watch the sport the sight cannot help becoming now and then revolting. When a man's shirt is torn clean from his back, he is certainly not in a state, no matter what extenuating circumstances there may be, to be in the centre of that crowd of on-lookers. And there is absolutely no reason why these disgraceful sights should be carried on any longer. Everyman who means...
...current number of the Monthly Mr. Moore has suggested a scheme which, if put into operation would bring about a great change at Harvard. What he proposes to do is to have the present Library torn down, and in its place, a little south of the present site, to have a new building erected adequate to the growing needs of the Library. The much-talked-of New Library Reading Room would come on the northern side of this building. On the present site of Gore Hall, Mr. Moore proposes to have erected a new Fine Arts building provided...
...tradition that the game was played in Derby to celebrate a third century victory over the Romans, and in 1829 the game there is described as played between parishes and as a kind of "cross-country" affair, with more than a thousand players. "Broken shins, broken heads, torn coats, and lost hats are among the minor accidents of this fearful contest." The eyewitness of this game goes on to say, "the crowd is encouraged by respectable persons attached to each party, who take a surprising interest in the result of the day's sport...
...game against Staggs team on Wednesday, Captain McClung of Yale received a bad injury. The ball was passed to him and he started around the end when he ran into Davis and hurt his hand. Upon examination it was found that his thumb was broken and almost torn from his hand. McClung now carries his arm in a sling and will be unable to play for some time...