Word: silver
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...prize to go to the best of the choruses is the large silver loving cup donated five years ago by a number of graduates. The cup is now in the possession of Smith Halls, having been won by them two years in succession...
...class song to form one of the selections given by each. "There is a Tavern in our Town" and "Living Along" by gofer, "Jingle Bells," and "Winter Song" by Standish, and "The Spanish Cavalier" and the "Hunting Song" by the Yard will form the remainder of the singing. A silver loving cup, presented by a group of University graduates, will be awarded to the group which has, in the opinion of the judges, shown the best musical training. While the judges confer to make a decision, the whole class will sing a number of songs. Upon the award...
...attempt to uphold the liquor traffic in the recent intercollegiate debate was battered until it had, so to speak, not a keg to stand on, while its more soberly-inclined colleague went down utterly before the forces of booze, news of the generous distribution of gold and silver medals among the two unhappy teams is astonishing to say the least, besides giving color to the rumors that Harvard is fast becoming Prussianized. We are told that the Germans were accustomed to stimulate their troops after a "strategic retreat" by a wholesale dispensation of Iron Crosses. If the Debating Council...
...offer a suggestion. In spite of grave doubts as to which team did the most to refute Prohibition, we suggest that, instead of distinguishing between the principal speakers and the alternates, the gold medals be pinned upon the breasts of those who opposed the 18th Amendment and the silver decorations upon their less worthy colleagues...
There are some little known facts in connection with the history of clothing at the University. At first it would seem that the students dressed plainly and soberly, but in 1745 the Overseers found it necessary to prevent the wearing of gold or silver brocade and lace. From then on various sumptuary laws were proclaimed regulating to the minutest detail every man's apparel--Sometimes prescribing on what public occasions nightgowns should be worn, and sometimes forbidding them altogether, as in 1822: "A night-gown of cotton, or fabric, or silk fabric may be worn....except on the Sabbath...