Word: whitely
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Dexter, was accomplished, from a field of four candidates. Mr. T. S. Woods, Boston Latin School, was elected vice president. After a close contest Mr. A. B. Higginson was chosen secretary. Then followed the election of Mr. R. R. Endicott, treasurer. At this juncture Professors C. J. White, Greenough and Paine entered. A violent stampede ensued among the sophomores, exit being found through the windows in the rear end of the room...
...noticed a number of colored balls, which, the young gentleman who acted as his escort said, were trophies of base-ball games won from other colleges. These were in each case painted with the college colors. "By the way" said he, "what are the Columbia colors?" "Blue and white," said I. He looked over the balls very carefully, but failed to find any with the blue and white stripes, and then said to me, "I guess the Columbia ball must have been mislaid." Then the students rose up and cheered and applauded most vociferously their loved President...
Professor J. W. White's new house on Concord Avenue has been completed...
...White, Signet Society...
This afternoon your correspondent made a little visit to the Columbia quarters, where he was very courteously received by Capt. Meikleham. The house where the men live is a large white building, with several ells, standing about half a mile beyond the Harvard quarters up the river. The 'varsity and part of the freshman crew occupy the house together, while the rest of the '89 men live in a little cottage directly across the the way. As you enter the house, across the little sheltered piazza, you come first into the parlor, or rather lounging room, where the men spend...