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Word: occasional (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1870-1879
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On Class Day and Commencement it is, of course, befitting that all Seniors should wear a distinctive, appropriate, and uniform dress. An evening dress, worn as a morning costume, is manifestly absurd, and its inappropriateness undeniable. The gown has of old been regarded as the fit dress of scholars, and...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CAPS AND GOWNS. | 10/20/1876 | See Source »

THE prize for the winning college at Springfield will be a set of silk colors. Each member of the winning crew will be presented with a silver oar, nine inches long, as a memento of the occasion.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Farewell of an A. B. | 6/23/1876 | See Source »

CLASS-DAY coming once again brings up memories of all other Class-Days, and affords us an excellent opportunity for trite remarks. But why should we pretend that we gave information or that we said a brilliant thing, by proclaiming that another class was about to leave these "classic shades...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 6/23/1876 | See Source »

THE decline in the interest taken in boating has been very much regretted of late, and has been explained in various ways. The explanation which seems to be the true one is, at the same time, very far from complimentary to us. It is safe to say that laziness has...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 6/16/1876 | See Source »

...notice, and performed in such a manner that the audience had no occasion to remember the hasty preparation. The part of Mephistopheles was admirably acted, and his singing was, on the whole, the best in the burlesque. Faust looked and played well, though his singing was occasionally out of tune. Imogene was surpassingly beautiful and entirely natural. Her scene upon the return of Alonzo was trying, both to the feelings of the audience and to the wig of the heroine...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THEATRICALS IN AID OF THE H. U. B. C. | 5/5/1876 | See Source »

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