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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Upon arriving in the town, the happy Harvard men, hoarse from their continued cheering, proceeded to raid the shops in search of crimson cloth and ribbons. Early in the afternoon a processi??? as formed, headed by the band of the Fifth Connecticut Infantry. The members of the victorious crew came first, followed by the members of the 'Varsity nine, and escorted by 300 students, decked with red ribbons, and provided with brooms. After parading the principal streets, and cheering until worn out, the jubilant Cambridge men betook themselves to the cars, and left the town in peace...
...apparatus and we were told was a junior of that kind commonly known in college parlance as a "dig," by which is meant one who never cuts chapel, lectures, or recitations, who has never received a summons, and to whom there is no unholy pleasure in "painting the town red," or "paralyzing the faculty." We were told to regard him carefully for the species is nearly extinct, and will soon...
BUSINESS EDITOR, 44 Weld.H. U. B. B. C. The placards of the first nine championship games will be ready on Thursday morning at the store of Leavitt and Pierce; the placard of the Yale game will be ready by next Wednesday; gentlemen leaving town before that time may have the placard sent to them by mail by leaving their address at the time they receive the first nine. Placards have been printed only for those who signed for them...
...these evils if they occur. Whatever system of government it may adopt, it is responsible to the citizens of Cambridge on the one hand, and to the Corporation of the college on the other; and whatever votes it may pass, votes of prehibition or of "laissez-faire," the town-people will rightly call it to account for nocturnal uproars, and the Corporation will rightly call it to account for damage to college property or to the beauty of the yard. Every member of the faculty shares this responsibility, and I for one, eager as I was to see this vote...
...clock a telegram came from Amherst announcing the result of the game. The news of the victory spread quickly among the students, and preparations were at once made for giving the nine a reception worthy its achievements. Notices were posted that barges would be in readiness to convey into town all who wished to go, and the hour for starting was fixed at 8.45. During the time that the men were waiting for the barges, the disagreeable drizzle that had lasted all the afternoon changed into a constant and heavy downpour, but nothing daunted, nearly 300 men prepared to make...