Word: blues
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...young member of the nobility does enter the university, it is generally for personal gratification only, and on account of a desire for knowledge ; it is not to get a degree. So we have in this university a large body of thinking young men, untrammeled by family ties of "blue blood," who must necessarily exercise a powerful influence upon the character of their country. The university is thoroughly equipped with physical and chemical apparatus, and possesses a museum of Natural History ; but its greatest treasure is a library containing 200,000 volumes, and a famous botanical garden filled with specimens...
...postal card will be issued by the Post Office Department in a short time. It will be smaller, of better material, more beautiful in design, and of a blue tint...
...university crew was organized, in 1856, that any color was worn. It then consisted of a scarlet band around the caps of the oarsmen. This was adopted also the following year ; but the university crew of '58 decided to wear handkerchiefs, instead of caps, and, after considerable discussion, chose blue for their color. The Beacon Cup race was soon to come off, and one of the crew, failing to find handkerchiefs of the desired color, purchased six Chinese silk handkerchiefs instead, which were nearly crimson. This continued to be the color for several years...
...held at Cornell, next week. An elaborate program has been prepared. Charles Dudley Warner will lay the cornerstone of the new hall of Chi chapter. Professor W. W. Goodwin, orator; Professor Goodwin Smith, essayist; Professor Alpheus S. Hardy, poet; and the Hon. Francis M. Finch, author of "The Blue and the Gray," ode-writer. Judge Albion W. Tourgee will preside at the banquet...
...examination in freshman Algebra will be held Saturday, May 3d. Students will hand in their blue-books this week...