Word: witnessed
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...class base-ball games have their uses in developing men for the 'Varsity nine, but they are not intended as a school for creating a love of low ribaldry or other coarse wit. Some time ago a number of juniors had the pleasure of seeing their nine win a game of ball through their skill at "rattling." Yesterday the sophomores copied those tactics. The freshmen tried to chime in, and now the spirit of interference seems to be in full sway...
...following is an example of Western wit from the Indian Student...
...dinner of the CRIMSON board last evening was enjoyed by the many past and present editors who attended. Wit flowed faster than champagne, and was twice as sparkling. The officers of the evening were: President, W. T. Talbot; toast-master, F. E. E. Hamilton; chorister, H. G. Perkins; poet, H. S. Sanford; orator, Wm. Barnes, Jr. Papers were read by W. G. Chase, '82, H. M. Williams, '85, M. C. Hobbes, '85, J. A. Frye, '86. Speeches were made by F. A. Mason, '84, W. S. Thayer, '85. Letters were read from C. E. L. Wingate, '83, F. I. Carpenter...
...intellectual and progressive race, and most of our laughter is a sarcastic. We love the wit that discovers a filaw, and we ridicule all that do not lead our eternal advance...
Here is evidence of the Boston Record's ready wit: "Cambridge Coat of Arms: Cars couchant; barge rampant...