Word: rose
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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When the sun rose Wednesday morning, Dec. 22, it did not find the college yard wholly deserted nor the dormitories wholly vacant. A few men always have to remain in Cambridge during the vacations, either because the distance to be travelled homeward is too long, or because those who have to travel it are too "short;" and as usual there were left in Cambridge during the last recess one or two men to guard each entry of the dormitories in the absence of the proctors, and in all, seventy-five or a hundred to form quite an active colony around...
BOSTON MUSEUM. - "Rose Mitchell...
...custom in England of emptying the cup or glass and then pouring the remaining drop or two upon the finger nail; for what purpose, is not known. "To buzza one," was a term used to a person who hesitated to empty a bottle that was nearly out. "Under the Rose," a term now used for anything said confidentially at a social gathering took its rise from a custom of wearing chaplets of roses at conuivial entertainments, where, as there were many things said which would not bear repetition, everything was considered to be forgotten with the close of the entertainment...
...freshman foot ball team has been organized at the Tech, with Mr. La Rose as president. The committee for the selection of the team consists of Messrs. La Rose, Bardwell, Marcy and Dame. Mr. Ewen has been elected manager...
...Thayer, '85; Barton and Brewer, '85, and Rose, formerly '86, have planned an extensive canoe trip for the summer from Lake Memphramagog to New York...