Word: blues
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...correspondent writes : "Taking the men in boating costume, it must be confessed that they do not strike one as a burly, rugged-looking set. They are not the sort of men that the 'Aggies' sent out in '71, that gained the prize for Amherst in '72, that carried the blue and white in '74, or that gained laurels for Harvard in '77, '78 and '79. There is a weedy look about some of the men, and a suggestion that their muscle is too much of a forced growth, that they are rather hot-house products than men naturally of great...
...brilliant flashes of expectoration with languid converse about the oarsmen, always ending with the contemptuous query, "What could them college chaps do in a whaleboat for a ten-mile pull in the teeth of a gale o' wind?" A few shop-keepers with unwonted enterprise have hung out the blue and white; fresh store of provisions is being laid in for thirsty souls, and hotel keepers look cheerfully forward to regatta week. But the majority of the people refuse to "enthuse" in the least over the young oarsmen, and it must be acknowledged that college boating men are no longer...
...honor to the blue...
...full week's practice on the course before the Harvard crew arrives. On Wednesday the crew had a trial over the full Harlem river course, and the result was eminently satisfactory. Since the brilliant victory of the Columbia eight in the Harlem regatta last week, the followers of the blue and white have pegged their hopes up very high on the result of their race with Harvard. That race is no certainty for either crew, and, although Harvard has a very decided advantage in the matter of weight, which years of experience has proved to be an important factor...
...palla and chiton. In selecting the costume great attention has been paid to the harmonious grouping of colors. The aim has been to make the grouping as effective and beautiful, from an artistic point of view, as is possible. The colors shade from black through purple, garnet, orange, light blue, to creamy white and white. The borders of the different garments are on the Greek key pattern and are carefully selected so as to give a harmonious combination of colors. The other ornamentations are principally in silver and gold. In the matters of scenery, too, it has been...