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...appearing somewhat hypercritical, we would remark that the false heraldry displayed upon the card cannot fail to be painful to the eye of the conscientious student. It is bad enough to be summoned, but worse when that summons is stamped with a seal which certainly approaches more meanly the emblem of Yale than that of Harvard. We all know that the seal should bear three books, argent, upon a field, rules, the two upper volumes being separated from the lower by a chevronel, argent But, alas for our time-honored crimson, the shield upon the present seal flaunts before...
...would scarcely notice that unpretentious blue flag with gilt border which falls gracefully from one of the supports, and on which is the brief inscription: "Harvard vs. Yale, Lake Quinsigamond, 1866." But it is the emblem of one of the first, prettiest, and most decisive races that Harvard ever rowed. Decisive from the fact that the Harvard stroke which had been in vogue some time among the class crews, was for the first time to be tested by the university boat. The first Harvard-Yale race was to have taken place in '58, but owing to the death of Yale...
...think the Athletic Association pays sufficient attention. We refer to the tug-of-war contest, which is passed over as of secondary importance by the officers of the association. As the sports will be exceedingly close this year, and every effort must be made to retain the emblem which we have held for so many years, it seems a good time for training more carefully than heretofore a team for this event. We can of course have no regular trainer for this purpose, but some student might be selected to captain the team or have general charge...
...dear to the aesthete's heart, the rose and the lily. But we do not love them for the reason given by Mr. Gilbert, nor for any vegetable preference, but because they are the most perfect specimens of design - the rose with its leonine beauty, and the lily, the emblem of chastity and purity. Then, why look further for the secret of life, when the secret of life...
...Emblem of sadness, summon thee...