Word: scarlet
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Edward Dickson 1900 died Monday at his home on Marlborough street, of a sudden relapse after a severe attack of scarlet fever. Dickson prepared for College at Mr. Hopkinson's School in Boston where he was prominent in athletics, and although he was in College but a short time this year before his last illness, he was generally known and beloved by his classmates and old schoolmates among whom his death will be deeply felt...
...Trimmings - The anterior edge of the hood shall be bound with silk, satin or velvet, not more than four inches in width, the color to be distinctive of the faculty to which the degree pertains, thus: Faculty and Art Letters, white; Faculty of Theology, scarlet; Faculty of Law, purple; Faculty of Medicine, green; Faculty of Philosophy, dark blue; Faculty of Science, gold yellow; Faculty of Fine Arts, brown; Faculty of Music, pink...
...other colleges - Harvard not included - and is recommended to all institutions of learning in the country. Bachelor's, master's, and doctor's degrees, and members of the Faculty have distinguishing gowns, the latter also having differences of color, thus: Faculty and Art Letters, white; Faculty of Theology, scarlet; Faculty of Law, purple; Faculty of Medicine, green; Faculty of Philosophy, dark blue; Faculty of Science, gold yellow; Faculty of Fine Arts, brown; Faculty of Music, pink. The costumes are to be worn on all appropriate academic occasions...
...rowed for several years, and the result was doubtful until the finish line had been crossed. All that was lacking to make it entirely successful was the absence of the freshman crew, which was made necessary by the lack of practice caused by the recent epidemic of tonsilitis and scarlet fever...
...action of the Athletic Committee was caused by the extraordinary epidemic of throat troubles which have developed among the crew men, and the three mild cases of scarlet fever - two in the freshman boat and one in the senior class boat. The action of the Athletic Committee is merely precautionary, awaiting a final decision as to whether the sickness has been caused by the situation of the boat house on the river bank...