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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...following transparency was prepared with infinite labor by Messrs. Brewer, Garrison, Cogswell, Furness and Paine, and was borne through the entire parade unharmed, on the stalwart shoulders of two sable Africans. The transparency stood seven feet high, and was a correct copy of the chapel, the part representing the building made of pasteboard with the stone work sketched in, and the windows in stained glass,- formed a pretty sight. Below was a large transparency bearing the legends as seen in our cut; and, in addition, on the opposite side, a specimen sumons-card under the old regime, labelled, "The good...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE GREAT PARADE | 11/9/1886 | See Source »

...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...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE GREAT PARADE | 11/9/1886 | See Source »

...vanity overcome you; and you will fall unless you perceive your error in time. We believe you can beat Yale if you go about it in the right way; you are dolefully wrong, now. Is it your captain's fault, Ninety, or, Captain, is it the team's? Correct it whose ever...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 11/1/1886 | See Source »

...launch usually accompanies the crew in the afternoon, so as to enable the coach to watch the men and correct their faults. This afternoon, however, on account of a little injury to the machinery, it could not be used. After supper, which is served at about a quarter of eight, the men lounge about on the piazza, singing or talking, until ten o'clock, when they retire for the night...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Harvard University Crew. | 6/24/1886 | See Source »

...Crimson feels much aggrieved because our freshmen refuse to consider their first game with Harvard, '89, as the fence game." Our E. C. further remarks with much satire that Yale, '89, only considers it a fence game when victorious. We would beg to state that the Crimson is absolutely correct in its surmise and has hit the nail squarely on the head." - Yale Courant...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 6/23/1886 | See Source »

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