Word: plain
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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HARVARD SHOOTING CLUB.- Match with Jamaica Plain Club this afternoon. Train leaves Providence depot at 1.15 p. m. for Clarendon Hills...
...public occasions. Night-gowns, of cotton or linen or silk fabric, made in the usual form, or in that of a frock coat, may be worn, except on the Sabbath, on exhibition and other occasions when an undress would be improper. The neck-cloths must be in plain black or plain white. No student, while in the State of Massachusetts, shall, either in vacation or term time wear any different dress or ornament from those above named, except that in case of mourning he may add the customary badges. Students who are already furnished with clothes, not conforming...
...management of the Tennis Association has opened the gravel courts for the season, the unsatisfactory state of the weather has kept men from using them. Not half the courts are in use and the men who do go out play in such a halfspirited way that it is plain that they are forcing the tennis season at the expense of their own comfort. Sweaters are the order of the day rather than jerseys. The courts on Jarvis Field are not occupied, and only those around Holmes show any life. The turf courts will not be ready for some weeks...
...dine at Memorial should remember that the discipline of the Hall depends chiefly upon the observance of the rules of good conduct by each individual. The Board of Directors naturally hesitates to tranform itself into a police tribunal to censure or to expel disorderly members; but it is plain to us that one of two things must take place: either those who have been guilty of the practice spoken of must radically change their behavior in the Hall or the Directors must proceed to the extreme measures which lie in their power. It is safe to say that the greater...
...become farmers, florists, or landscape gardeners; as well as for those who will naturally be called upon to manage large estates, or who wish to qualify themselves to be superintendents of farms, country seats or public institutions. The property consists of 640 acres of excellent arable land in Jamaica Plain. Since the bequest of Mr. Benjamin Bussey was made, a commodious building, of considerable architectural merit, has been erected, in addition to barns and green houses. In 1872, the revenues of the institution were largely augmented by the gift of $100,000 by Mr. James Arnold. This gentleman stipulated that...