Word: chromo
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...around a tree, and then go back to slide down. The junior will not need the rope, for he will be down at Carl Mattes' until all the fires on the premises have been extinguished. The senior will take a last, long lingering look at his Langtry chromo and die happy. - [Argonaut...
...Lampy chose blue as the color of his Christmas chromo is a mystery; perhaps it reflects his state of mind, perhaps it is a delicate compliment to Yale. [Tech...
...their own eyes than they will ever be hereafter - of many of the strong effects which they expected it to have." "The conceited bumptiousness of a number of young cubs" is good for the editor of the Post, and in our opinion the freshmen should present him with a chromo. The Globe speaks of the freshmen's performance as "one of the most remarkable scenes that ever passed in Music Hall." It gives the following account of their proceedings...
...fort at once, and, bracing myself on recollections of conquests in the 'Port, I began: "O most bewitching stranger, know that you have before you a youth who for five summers has sought a maiden like you. A youth who wants to find a girl untarnished by the chromo civilization of the 19th century. She must know nothing of germans, lawn tennis, or the opera; her mind must be as fresh - as fresh - as - as a freshly cleaned blackboard on which I shall stamp the imprint of my superior intellect. She must be a country girl, in fact. I will...
...chromo of the Editor-in-chief will be given with every subscription. No members of exclusive college societies will be eligible for editors. The paper will consider itself "the mouth-piece of society," whatever that may mean; and it is not true that it is to be conducted as the official organ of the Janitors. They will only be allowed to contribute occasional items...