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Word: blazers (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
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...debt if possible. They have denied themselves everything except what they believed to be absolutely essential to success. The boat club for the first time has not provided any member of the crew during the entire year, with a cap, a sweater, a pair of tights, a blazer, or any single article of clothing. The captain and treasurer believe that there has not been a dollar given to the crew this year which has not been made to contribute directly to the speed with which the boat is now travelling...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The University Crew. | 6/7/1889 | See Source »

...Princeton base ball team was measured for suits last Friday. Their suits will be entirely different from those of preceding years, being of gray cloth with "Princeton" on the breast. The blazer and stockings will be orange and black...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fact and Rumor. | 3/28/1889 | See Source »

...described in our columns of yesterday. Our readers will remember that just such a system as this was advocated in our editorial column last year. The need of a change was only too apparent. The old system of requiring one to carry a lot of small change in his blazer pocket whenever he wanted to play tennis was too inconvenient to be tolerated, and often kept men from playing as much as they would otherwise have done. Under the new system, however, all legitimate cause for complaint has been done away with, and an addional advantage has been secured...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 9/29/1888 | See Source »

Some weeks ago the CRIMSON advocated the wearing of the university blazer by the students at large. Since that time the question has assumed a new aspect which is a strong argument for the change. It has become the custom of all the college clubs of a nature at all athletic, to adopt both the 'varsity blazer and cap. This has made the blazers so numerous as to take them from their exclusive use by the nine and crew, and make them only the distinguishing feature of any Harvard athletic organization. This is but the result of a gradual...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 6/5/1888 | See Source »

...uniforms for the Yale freshman nine consist of blue and white cap and blazer, blue jersey, with "91" in white, gray pants, blue stockings and brown shoes...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fact and Rumor. | 5/9/1888 | See Source »

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