Word: sealing
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...trophies for last year's 'varsity crew will be silver loving cups. On one of the spaces between the handles will be the Yale and Harvard flags crossed; on the second space the seal of the university, with a pair of oars crossed; and on the third the names of the men and the positions which they rowed. The freshman crew trophies consist of blue silk flags, fringed with gold and lettered in gilt. On each one is the inscription: Yale '97, Columbia '97, Harvard '97; won by Yale '97; also the time, the recipient's name and position...
Professor Putnam is examining materials for the model of an Algonquin Indian in the new state seal, with reference to its archaeological accuracy...
LOST. - A man's gold hunting case watch with short gold chain and ball and seal ring attached. Finder will please return to G. E. W., 94 Brattle street, Cambridge, $10 reward...
...tempted oftentimes to ask, after hearing "the Harvard spirit" of sincerity and honor extolled, whether this spirit can be said to be really distinctive of Harvard, - whether it is not, after all, a fiction for which the college seal is largely responsible. Such doubts are suggested less by occasional violations of honor in the college life than by the difficulty of believing that there is anything about a constantly changing community like ours, which should really put a higher premium upon sincerity than is done in the world at large...
...name 'College of New Jersey' has become obsolete. To be sure this title is on official documents, is on the seal, and is the proper name of the institution. But it means little today. A great many people who are deeply interested in the welfare of Princeton would have to think twice to understand a reference to the 'College of New Jersey.' So far as we are aware the state gives the college no material help and it is a question whether any lustre is added to our fame by having the name of a state linked to the title...