Word: white
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...horses by the heads. They, poor fellows, were used to him as a charioteer, and were not surprised. And, amid screams of laughter, all the passengers rose from their deep bed of snow. All? No. Where is Ethel? She does not move. She lies, still and white, under the light where she fell. And they rub her hands, and put snow on her white forehead, and she does not move. And they get out smelling-salts, and send up to the house for brandy, and she does not move. And I went away, and leaned against the mare, and looked...
...think the Advocate's suggestion to change the Ivy Oration to a Tree Oration should meet the approbation of the Class. When it was discovered that the ivy planted near the Library served only as a bait to the white ants, ruthless hands were ready to tear down the offending vine, and no one seemed to mind the sacrilege. It would be very foolish now to revive ivy planting, -a custom which has nothing whatever in its favor. The exercises at the Tree, however, need additional attractions, and if we can have a bright oration at that time, - and there...
Here I may say that any one, whether holder of a card or not, may use the Boston Library by application for a green slip (not white), on which, by signing his name, the borrower promises to use the book only in the Library building. A white slip entitles one to take the book home. It is much to be regretted that Harvard students are not allowed the use of the second largest and certainly best library in America, - the Boston...
...annual convention of the New England College Faculties, which was held at Wesleyan University, last week, Professor C. J. White represented Harvard College. The proceedings of this convention are not made public...
Although Sumner frequently cut prayers, especially in his Senior year, he attended recitations regularly. His only recorded interview with the Faculty was on the subject of dress. The regulations prescribed a waistcoat of "black mixed, or black; or, when of cotton or linen fabric, of white." Sumner persisted in wearing a buff-colored waistcoat, and, when summoned, stoutly maintained that it was white, or, at least, white enough for all practical purposes. He won his point, and the subject was dropped...