Word: odd
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...days ago a gentleman interested in college journalism was skating swiftly over the glassy surface of the winding Charles, when he spied loosely imbedded in the broken ice along the bank an odd-shaped and quaint old bottle which looked as though it might have come over in that receptacle of all New England relics, the Mayflower. Now although the gentleman in question disclaims any attraction to or for bottles in general, this particular bottle proved too alluring, and a closer inspection was the result...
...drum corps. In the first place I think that whatever the uniform is, the prevailing color should be red, or crimson, the college color, rather than blue. It has always been the aim of the Harvard men in the torch light processions to make their dress as odd and striking as possible ; the class uniforms this year are no exception to this rule. Now a zouave uniform (the uniform which has been proposed for the drum corps) may certainly be pretty and tasty, but there is nothing funny or inceptive about it. A number of organizations will undoubtedly wear zouave...
...yard was enlivened yesterday by the music of the Odd Fellow's parade...
...performance in the Cadet minstrels, which are to be repeated Friday, are largely recruited from Harvard veterans, all from odd-year classes. Among them are Butler, '77; Snelling, Guild and Seaverns, '81; Dorr, Easton, Hale and Chandler, '83, and Swinscoe...
...total abstinence doctrine" might be led by a spirit of student patriotism to give up even the most moderate drinking during their college course. Had this hope been realized, and enough students joined the league to make it popular, and to make a refusal to drink less odd than an invitation, great good would have accrued to our college. There can be no doubt that it would be a great gain to the students as a body to give up entirely during the college course, the use of every sort of liquor. In the four years which a man spends...