Word: silk
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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LOST.-Monday afternoon, probably at the gymnasium, a blue-green silk umbrella, with bamboo handle. Will finder please return to 7 Matthews...
FOUND-Wednesday night, in middle entry of Grays, a silk umbrella. 24 Grays...
...least, unique. In the first place, the athletes of Cornell are not contented with winning mere empty honors, or even with receiving the customary medals for proficiency in their chosen specialties,-as may be seen from a glance at the prize list, on which appear clocks, statuary, silk umbrellas, easy chairs, and books without number. This method of rewarding athletic excellence may, at the first glance, seem rather peculiar, but, we are sure, a closer inspection of the system will reveal some points of excellence which are not to be found in the present method of prize-giving in vogue...
...college, poor, but deserving. What shall he do to obtain the necessaries of student life? Simply this, he may enter the feather-weight sparring, and win an easy chair; in the middle-weight he may secure a clock; in the heavy weight he can easily obtain a silk umbrella; by winning the horizontal bar, and the flying rings, he may stock his library; and so on, until nothing remains to be desired...
LOST.- Will the person who took a silk umbrella by mistake from the rack in the Auditor's office, Sunday night, please return it to Mr. B. Clarke, at table 3, or 23 Felton Hall...