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Folks don't understand me, the barbarous
...restless impulse sent her to the door. Looking out, she saw a boy and a girl tripping merrily along, chanting gayly a sentence which she did not understand. She was in the mood to be amused; she therefore beckoned to the children, who came toward her rather bashfully...
...Yale game says: "It is but fair to say, however, that Yale obtained a touch-down which was disallowed as much to the surprise of the visitors as of our own Team." This statement, so far as Yale's Team is concerned, is doubtless true, but we do not understand where the Record obtained its information about the visitors, who, if we remember rightly, seemed to think the decision of the referee a just...
...Then I cannot understand your request for time. You have all your life been taught to expect this. As far as concerns the young person whom I have in view, I think you can bring no rational objection. He is a thoughtful, brainful young person, well fitted to be your husband. Come, now, my dear, run out in the fresh air and think about it; and return in a more reasonable frame of mind." Tue obeyed mechanically, for she could do nothing else...
...defender of Lacrosse further says that in seniority that game ranks next to base ball and football. We do not understand how this argument is powerful, except in showing that Lacrosse has had the opportunity to gain a firm foothold in College, but has failed, and has in fact been eclipsed by cricket, though the latter is the newer sport. Had Lacrosse been able to obtain a high position in the estimation of our students, by common consent it would have had a field allotted to its use, and would have received pecuniary support, which is the willing and necessary...