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Word: brass (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1910-1919
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...almost in hand, but one cloud remains to darken the Seniors' horizon. What shall be done with the furniture which they have cared for and carved for four bright years? A second-hand dealer or a janitor can often be found who will condescend to remove mahogany desks and brass bedsteads with comparatively little expense to the owner. But aside from the fear that cherished heirlooms of college days may not receive the treatment to which they are accustomed is the knowledge that one's pocket-book has not profited by the transaction...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ON FURNITURE. | 6/19/1915 | See Source »

...rooms and studies in all the dormitories are typically colonial. The studies have broad windows with built-in window seats and the finish is white enamel in bedroom, study and bath room. All the doors are wide and white, with heavy brass handles and on the outside doors are hospital thumb-latches. The large general rooms have ample air space, and the bedrooms and studies are nine feet high...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HOUSING THE FRESHMAN CLASS | 9/26/1914 | See Source »

...cheer leaders have given out a complete statement of the red handkerchief sale and the brass band expenses for the football season of 1913. Previous to the Princeton game, the amount of money collected at mass meetings and by the sale of Princeton excursion tickets was $465.22. The expenses, which consisted of bands at two mass meetings and at Princeton, amounted to $310.40, leaving a balance on hand of $154.82 after the Princeton game...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SMALL DEFICIT ON BAND HIRE | 11/28/1913 | See Source »

...only 53 per cent of the Freshman class have contributed their class dues of $1 apiece. Consequently the class treasury has not been able to meet the expenses incurred by the several class smokers and the two brass bands which have led the class to the Freshman track meet and baseball game with Yale. The class is now $75 in debt. In view of this fact, every man who has not as yet paid his fee of $1 should give it to one of the collectors immediately, or mail it to W. Blanchard, Randolph...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 1916 in Financial Hot Water | 6/5/1913 | See Source »

...clock in the Living Room of the Union, class talent in the form of a brass quartette from the Pierian Sodality and a vocal quartette from the Glee Club will furnish music new and old. Then after a short address by Dean Yeomans, there will be four moving picture rolls, absorbing, dramatic, and humorous. Then the class will drift to the Dining Room, where it will find refreshments and "music as she is played by Kanrich." When satiated, the class, on returning to the Living Room, will find all kinds of novelties and games waiting, not least of which...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Sophomores! Big Party Tonight! | 5/5/1913 | See Source »

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