Word: cruiser
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...committee of Harvard graduates appointed to raise a fund to purchase a gift for the auxiliary cruiser "Harvard," has collected the amount needed and authorized Commander Charles O'Neil, Chief of the Bureau of Ordnance of the United States Navy to mount upon the cruiser, at the first opportunity, a six pounder Nordenfeldt gun with mount, shield and accessories. A plate attached to the gun will bear the Harvard seal and the following inscription...
...Given to the United States of America, A. D. 1898, by graduates of Harvard University, for use on the auxiliary cruiser 'Harvard...
...excess of the fund collected will be given to the Massachusetts Volunteer Aid Association. The set of colors that has been purchased by the undergraduate subscription will be forwarded to the cruiser as soon as she can be reached. The loving cup has been finished and will be put on exhibition in the CRIMSON window tomorrow or Thursday...
...have already been subscribed by the graduates toward the gift for the cruiser "Harvard...
...current number of the Lampoon is devoted chiefly to the war and its effect upon college life. The centre page is a striking picture of the re-christened cruiser "Harvard" and is one of the best illustrations the Lampoon has printed for some time. The verses at the foot of the picture would do credit to the heart of a more ambitiously serious sheet than the Lampoon. The sketch "As Others See Us," shows Harvard as viewed by the Boston newspapers, according to which the whole college is on a martial footing. The rest of the pictures and the short...