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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...following moves constitute the record, up to date, of the game of chess between the Cornell and the Yale Chess Clubs...
...this year - 1860 - the Harvards wore magenta, and I think it is probable that this name was used for the first time. It was about this date that chemistry was adding largely to the known colors by developing the beautiful shades to be extracted from coal-oil. Fanciful names were given to these shades, and two were called magenta and solferino from the victories of the French in Italy in the spring and summer of 1859. The date of the battle of Magenta will sufficiently establish the earliest use of the name, even if the shade were known before...
...tablet might be designed of some suitable material, large enough for a man's name and the date of his class and death, perhaps, to be fastened on the wall, with a shelf below for the standard biography. The whole affair, books and all, need not cost more than ten dollars, and, as it should be one of the highest honors the University has to bestow on her sons, it would not be necessary often enough to make any considerable expense; even if it did, the occupant of the room would be willing to pay part of the expense...
...testimony to this effect is brought forward; and it is asserted that Harvard did not bear the magenta before 1871. This last statement is false. The magenta was recognized as Harvard's color early in the last decade. We have not yet been able to find out the exact date ; but in the race with Oxford, magenta was worn by Harvard as her established color. The first race rowed by Harvard with another college was on Lake Winnipiseogee, August 3, 1852, when a crew from Harvard defeated two crews from Yale. At one time Harvard voted to adopt the color...
...even if Union formally selected the magenta before Harvard, we see no reason why Harvard should change her colors. There may be numerous colleges and schools who have baseball nines or crews that wear magenta trimmings, and have worn them for twenty years; but if, at some future date, they should decide to contend with Harvard, it would be absurd for them to claim a prior right to the magenta. The color of a college is determined when first worn in a race with other colleges. The magenta is now identified with Harvard; it has been worn for over...