Word: background
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...meeting of the Senior Class Button Committee held last Friday afternoon a design submitted in the competition by R. Murray '12, of Wollaston, was chosen for the class button. The selected design will make a very small circular button in the class colors, green and white, with a green background and an inner circle containing the numerals "12". A total of 59 designs were submitted by 18 different competitors...
...face of these facts how can we compare the liberal with the technical education? For some men one is best, for some the other. But for the man who aspires to the foremost rank in the community, the one is the complement of the other. College gives the background--call it culture, breadth of interest, power of comprehension or what you will; but the real life training is becoming more and more the specialty of the professional school. A complete preparation for the work of life can ill forego either the liberal background or the specialized efficiency that comes from...
When the "Marseillaise" is sung at the game this afternoon, it is planned, as was done last year, to have certain men wave white handkerchiefs during the singing so that the effect will be that of a white "H" on a crimson background...
...order that the singing of the "Marseillaise" may be as effective as possible, the CRIMSON is printing again the information in yesterday's issue concerning the formation of a white "H" on a crimson background. To make the scheme successful it is necessary that all men in the cheering section be properly provided with handkerchiefs and megaphones. Those who have not yet procured crimson handkerchiefs and megaphones may do so at Holworthy 17 today between 12 and 2.30 o'clock. The price of handkerchiefs is five cents, megaphones fifteen...
...writer of this morning's communication brings to light a deplorable condition of affairs. The white "H" on the red background at the Yale game last year was a feature of the cheering. Surely it requires very little effort on the part of those undergraduates who have seats in the cheering section to assure the success of the plan again this year. The failure of a few to join in vitiates the efforts of all. We have made up our mind that it is worth while to sing the "Marseillaise" on Saturday in the form of a living...