Word: orangeman
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...reprinted Saturday, focuses attention on that curious and fascinating group of human beings known as "characters", and doubtless calls forth sighs from the older alumni, who deplore the passing of the men that once gave a spice of variety to Harvard life. Long years have passed since John the Orangeman and his donkey-cart trundled through Cambridge, and the original Poco visited dormitories with a load of old clothes over his arm. But the extinction of the individual does not mean the extinction of the species; and there are still a good many persons that are known to every Freshman...
...cockerels and pullets in his study, each named after a Professor's wife, is not entirely forgotten. Miss M.R. Jones, known as Mr. Jones, keeping shop in the Square with a sign in front of her cakes and confections: "Gentlemen will not, others must not, touch," and John the Orangeman are still historic figures. But there are more modern notables to take their places. Max Keezer, supersleuth, will not soon be forgotten, and the historic remark of Arthur Clement: "The patrol wagon was the only safe place in the Square," will go down through the years even as Mr. Jones...
There are a number of interesting pictures on exhibition as well as these books. Among these is a photograph of John the Orangeman sitting in his cart, and another is a reproduction in colour of an old engraving, called "A Prospect of the Colledges in Cambridge in New England," showing Harvard and Massachusetts Halls...
...first big game that the Orangeman was present at was present at was the one in New York in 1888. On the way down in the boat John sat in the upper deck, regaling his crowd of "friends" until midnight brought a protesting officer. Upon arriving in New York, the mascot was draped in crimson flags and scarfs, taken all over the city, given dinner at the Hoffman House, and driven to the field in a coach...
After that he was the regular mascot of the baseball team, and was seen at all the games, where his appearance was greeted by great cheers from the students, to which he responded by waving crimson banners, and shouting "Harvard, Harvard!" In this capacity of mascot, the Orangeman became a nationally known figure...