Word: brights
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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With hope and faith, bright laurels...
...play presented was "Papillonetta," an extravaganza in three acts, written by Messrs. T. T. Baldwin, A. B. Houghton, J. E. Sinnott, and F. B. Sanborn. The libretto is bright and easy, and the music, selected and arranged by Mr. C. C. Whitman, is extremely well adapted to the capabilities of the chorus. The play is put upon the stage in good style, - the scenery and properties being provided by Weld, and the costumes and wigs by Hayden, and Garey...
...Harvard man. This arctic weather, to be sure, is suggestive of anything but base-ball, yet it will be but a short time before the nine displays in the field the results of the steady and energetic work done in the gymnasium. The outlook for the crimson is very bright. Nothing ensures success like the consciousness of success already won, and the record of last year's nine cannot fail to stimulate to every effort the nine of the present year. With the men now trying for positions we have every reason to be satisfied. Enough...
...dead march. Torches were carried, red light, and other fire-works displayed. Arrived at the campus, the coffin was placed upon a tall funeral pile which had been prepared, the match applied, and while the flames were consuming the pyre, a funeral oration was pronounced over the dead. A bright man was always chosen for funeral orator, and the speeches delivered were frequently extremely witty. Following the oration there was singing and general rejoicing; after which the company dispersed...
...freshman class of Princeton possesses a very bright and promising young tennis player by the name of Mudge. As yet he is small and undeveloped, but with a little more practice he is looked upon by his class mates as a coming champion...