Word: laurell
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...soldiers' monument will soon be erected on Cambridge common. The model has already been made, and represents the Genius of Liberty, or America, seated in graceful and majestic attitude, her right hand holding a sheathed sword, while in her left is held a laurel wreath...
...valiant adversary, in the number of victories upon land and water incite our men to even greater efforts so that, when the last game at the field has been played and the course at New London finished, the brow of St. Elihu may once again be graced with the laurel crown...
...that has been at New Haven for years, and for this very reason they asked to be admitted into the contest. The Columbia freshmen have been at work on the Thames for three weeks. We are sure that the crew will do all in their power to add another laurel to the list of victories achieved this year by '89 over Yale. Now a word to the class. There are several members who have not yet paid up their subscriptions, which it is absolutely necessary for them to do, as the crew needs all the financial support...
...when the two great rival colleges were to contend for the laurel of victory, a great crowd of spectators had gathered on the field. The grand stands were resplendent with beauty of face and of color. Foot-ball was now almost as popular with the fair sex as progressive euchre. The appearance of the contestants was awaited with great eagerness. At last they came, and were greeted by generous applause. But not a college cheer was heard; for such an undignified manifestation of approval in these days of gentle manners was considered an unpardonable breach of etiquette and decorum...
...these resolutions give evidence of our respect for the only man who in the history of the Republic held no public office at the time of his nomination, a fact which ranks James G. Blaine with "the great of old." Finally let us lay our leaf of laurel on the shrine of him who for twenty years as statesman, scholar, and public man, has been the ideal and the impersonation of the genius of our institutions...