Word: blues
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...dueling room is generally over an inn, or beer-house on the outskirts of the town, and at the appointed day is crowded with the different classmen. The classes are distinguished by their colors, each class having red, blue or green caps according to their rank. The different classes never mingle with one another, and it is considered an insult if a red-capped student addresses a blue cap. Each color has its corner in the dueling room, and here the students smoke and drink until the combatants appear. The duelists are dressed and armed in an adjoining room...
...pockets he carried crumbs with which to feed birds, of which he was very fond. If he had anything to carry, were it a pound of sugar from the grocery, white grapes for his favorite chickens, or his clean linen, it was always wrapped in a blue and white checked handkerchief of huge dimensions...
...Croswell's divisions in freshman Greek are requested to leave blue books in their recitation room before next Friday...
Professor Norton yesterday offered those students who take Fine Arts III an opportunity to substitute a theme of not more than ten pages of a "blue book" on any subject connected with the course, as a part of the mid-year examinations...
...Preble desires that the members of Latin 2, should bring in their blue books today, for the one hour examination which will take place on Dec. 6, or else leave them in Matthew...