Word: suits
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...seems to us that the custom of wearing base-ball suits into Memorial Hall, though rapidly growing in favor among certain students, is not one that recommends itself for universal adoption. We admit that we have never belonged to a base-ball nine, that we are prejudiced, and that we perhaps even deserve to be called squeamish, but still we cannot help objecting to the practice. From an aesthetic point of view blouses of gray trimmed with crimson are not beautiful, and we have been told that one of the advantages gained by boarding in Memorial Hall is the refinement...
...time was called for twenty minutes. Princeton went to the bat in the eighth inning, determined to retrieve their fallen fortunes; Karge led off with a base-hit; Cutts and Clarke retired on sacrifice hits, and Hamill struck out, leaving Karge on third. Harvard retired in order, Princeton following suit in the ninth, Latham making another fine catch. Nunn hit for a base, but was left by Dodge's catch of a hard fly. Mr. Dennison umpired very impartially, and was extremely satisfactory to both sides. The victory was mainly due to Latham's remarkable fielding, Nunn's fine batting...
...proposed to establish a monopoly in the College buildings, the result of which will be that those who have rooms in Matthews or Holyoke will have inferior service, because the scout - we mean janitor - will have no fear of being discharged if he does not quite suit his employers. Apart from the manifest disadvantages of this particular measure, the College should never authorize a monopoly, by putting a man into some office, and commanding the students to patronize...
...there, waiting patiently for me. "Quick!" I yelled; "the ammonia." She handed it, and I poured the whole into the remnants of my pocket. There was an explosion, a woman's scream, a blinding smoke. When this smoke cleared away I was alone, and wearing the most demoralized suit of clothes that ever a poco dreamed...
ANOTHER large audience assembled on Tuesday evening in Sanders Theatre to hear the following programme, which offered something to suit all tastes...