Word: placarding
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...asked to see as many of the residents in their entry or dormitory as possible, especially Seniors. But as the time is short it will be a great help if men having books or magazines to give will leave their contributions at the room posted on the placard in their dormitory...
Contrary to the prevalent incorrect ideas about the indication of a scene by a placard saying "This is a town," there were elaborate ornamentations and effective scenic devices in the later Elizabethan theatres...
...protest through your columns about the way in which the placard-boards of the University buildings are being used or rather mis-used? What is the average condition of the boards? They are covered from one week's end to another with the flaring advertisements of private firms. If a student, a team, or a society wishes to post an announcement, the notice can of course be added to an existing accumulation. But what good is the notice if an hour later it is to be buried under Smith, Jones & Co.'s unparalleled offer in the clothing line...
...Lampoon is the first one issued by the '99 board. The most interesting of the editorials deals with the choice of a site for Brooks House. The illustrations in the number are good, the centre page showing what the College Yard would resemble in case the Memorial Society should placard every interesting historical site with a memorial stone. "The Gypsy Moths," a take off on Flandrau's "Butterflies" is rather clever, though the general tendency of these stories is to make a ridiculous combination of words take the place of a real parody on ideas...
...Knoblauch, the Class Ivy Orator, was in the front ranks carrying his class's huge graduating cap of orange and black. Ninety-seven was led by Marshal J. W. Dunlop and his aids, E. N. Wrightington, Arthur Beale, W. L. Garrison, and Arnold Scott. A large white placard, on which were the words "What would Cambridge do without us?" was carried in the front rank. Between '97 and '98 came the feature of the procession-Old John with his donkey and cart mounted on a four-horse dray. Ninety-eight was led by Marshal Norman W. Cabot and his four...