Word: greene
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...retire to the gymnasium in order to make a change. These were the only serious accidents of the game. The feature of the game was a remarkable play by the Yale endrush, who, catching the ball with skill which would have made Nausicaa and her maids turn green with envy, run with the speed of a winged Mercury toward Harvard's goal, at the same time displaying to full advantage, a row of pearl-like teeth, and a beautiful pair of side whiskers, through which the gentle zephyrs softly whistled as he proudly bore his treasure down the field...
...Green Turtle Soup...
...acknowledge the superior ability of Harvard, losing a game by 5 to 12. The seventh victory was won when Princeton succumbed on Holmes with 4 runs to Harvard's 13. Dartmouth came to Cambridge for the second game, but fared no better than Princeton, as the Crimson defeated the Green by 9 runs to 3. The game that decided the championship question was played with Brown on Holmes and resulted in the ninth consecutive victory for Harvard. This game was the closest of the series, the score standing 3 to 2. In these nine games, Harvard made 95 runs while...
...board, relieved at its further extremity by two hinges of brass, added more for practical use than for external embelishment. Upon its face are various dates of presentation, together with the mottoes of the classes who have been its fortunate reciepients; upon its reverse side, Trinity is lettered in green and white, the college colors, with '57 below, this being the date of the establishment of the custom. The popularity of a class in college became the sine qua non to obtain the 'Lemon Squeezer,' and as a general thing, fitness depended upon a long list of 'adventures.' However that...
...gave $3,148,000 to the university which he founded. His gifts for benevolent purposes amounted to $8.000,000. Judge Packer gave $3,000,000 to Lehigh University. Cornelius Vanderbilt gave $1,000,000 to the Vanderbilt University. Stephen Girard gave $8,000,000 to Girard College. John C. Green and his residuary legatees gave $1,500,000 to Princeton College. Ezra Cornell gave $1,000,000 to Cornell University. Isaac Rich bequeathed the greater part of his estate, which was appraised at $1,700,000 to Boston University. On account of the great fire and shrinkage in value...