Word: mortar
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...foundation of the Parthenon was built of a limestone; but marble was used in all other parts. No mortar was used in joining the stones, not because the Greeks were unfamiliar with mortar, but because more beautiful joints could be made by carefully fitting together the marble blocks. Once fitted, they were held fast by iron braces and wooden pins...
...CAPS.The caps shall be of the material and form generally used, and commonly called mortar-board caps. The color shall be dark. The doctor's caps may be of velvet. Each cap shall be ornamented with a long tassel attached to the middle point of the top. The tassel of the doctor's cap may be in whole or in part of gold thread...
...wish to call attention again to the suggestion, offered by "Senior" in your issue of March 22, that the mortar-board tassels be of crimson rather than of black. Several '95 men whom I have asked about the matter agree with me that the idea is an excellent one; so I wish to use this means to help induce the Class Day Committee to adopt the new plan...
Here is a suggestion for seniors and the Class Day Committee. Would it not be a wise change to have all the "mortar boards" worn on Class Day fitted with crimson instead of black tassels? Not only would each man prize his cap more highly for the bit of crimson on it, but the sombreness of too much black would be relieved and the whole effect would be more picturesque...
Seniors are reminded to obtain their gowns and mortar-boards at the Cooperative before Sunday...