Word: brights
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Inter-Collegiate two mile record. It is apparent from the interest which has been shown in this branch of athletics this fall, and the success which attended the recent meeting of the association, our prospects for making a good showing at the Inter-Collegiate games next spring, are unusually bright. But; as has often been said before, it is only by continued hard and faithful work on the part of every man on the team that Yale can hope to win the cup next year. - Yale News...
...those of our own venerable, old, hoary Cambridge. All the happiness and gayety culminated when on Holmes' field the messengers arose from earth to carry the news of Harvard's gladness up through the night air to the clear ether above. Last night will shine as a bright spot on the already glowing tablets of our recollections of these memorable days in the university's existence...
...hundred and fiftieth anniversary, they were guided by true insight and good judgment. For what enthusiasm can be greater than that of the college graduate who returns to the scenes of his boyish escapades and of his scholastic hours. The independence and oblivion of college life is always a bright spot in his memory and the seeing once again makes the brightness turn to brilliant radiance and there arises an exhilaration and ecstacy which the undergraduate, steeped in his belief that all is vanity - not veritas - can never experience...
...newspaper delegates were followed by a delegation of Puritans - a very well gotten up and correct costume: - gray knee-breeches, short coat and sugar-loaf hat, and a huge belt with a bright buckle. There were about thirty in all in the body, and they had a curious cheer, which woke the echoes...
Saturday, the last day of the jubilee, dawned bright and clear. The programme devoted the daytime to "verschiedene Ausfluge," which might be translated "go-as-you-please jubilations." In the evening came the illumination of the castle and bridge, a sight well worth seeing. Long before dark the streets were thronged with eager multitudes hurrying to advantageous positions whence to view the spectacle. Perhaps the favorite place was on the Heiligenberg, the lofty hill across the Neckar, and there I took my stand in the garden of the Philosophenhoche. Gradually the daylight faded, and starless night came down. Heidelberg...