Word: flags
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...flags will be blue, fringed with gold. It will bear the inscription, "1887 College Base-Ball League Championship, won by Yale." Underneath these words will be the player's name and his position on the team. The other flag will be of three colors, crimson, orange and blue, with the names Harvard, Princeton and Yale printed in a gold scroll. Above the name of each college will be number games won, and below the number of games lost, by that college...
...dinnig-room in Parker's, where the dinner was held, was tastefully decorated with class and 'varsity flags. The large crimson flag with a white " '89" on it, which decorated the freshman quarters at New London three years ago, hung on the wall at the end of the room. The table, shaped like an E, was decorated with flowers. A neat book of songs was laid by each plate. The officers of the dinner were: President, Perry Trafford; toast-master. Benjamin Weaver; orator, Thornton Woodbury; poet, Carleton Hunneman; prophet, J. H. Sears; chorister, M. A. Taylor...
...Stars in our Flag," a brief paper by Schuyler Hamilton, is an attempt to dissipate idle stories and to trace the adoption of the thirteen stars to its original source...
...this point placards bearing the number "'91" were hurled from the upper gallery, which was filled with enthusiastic freshmen. Doves were let loose having suspended from their neck cards also having the class numerals on them. The curtain was dropped just enough to display to the audience a large flag bearing the freshman class numerals. Each new development was hailed with cheers by the freshmen, who had complete possession of the upper gallery. The sophomores made a rush for the stage door, expecting to meet with no resistance in taking possession of the flag, but in this they were mistaken...
...about forty members. The new men are initiated by the sophomores, and the society turned over into the hands of the freshmen shortly after term begins. There are a few freshman secret societies, but they are not recognized by the faculty. The next thing of any importance is flag-raising. This has ceased to be an active custom, but is sometimes observed. The freshmen try and raise a flag with their class numerals on it, the night of the Glee Club concert. The sophomores stand watch and try and prevent this, but the freshmen often succeed. The freshmen cannot carry...