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Word: painting (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
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...member of the Art Club who wishes a ticket to the exhibition of the Paint and Clay Club. can obtain one by calling...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fact and Rumor. | 3/7/1885 | See Source »

COMPULSORY PRAYERS.-Harvard college students have begun a "crusade" against morning prayers, in the hope of abolishing compulsory attendance upon them. When a Harvard student has been up the greater part of the night bedaubing with black paint the bronze statue of the founder of the institution, or painting in the same fashion the name of his class on the outside of the chapel, it is a hardship to make him rise in the morning and go to prayers. He is naturally exhausted with his night's struggle in behalf of the "black letter" art, and needs the sleep...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Note and Comment. | 12/6/1884 | See Source »

...city called Nouvelle Yorkum, where a strange sight met their eyes. Here were twenty-two children caressing one another and rolling about on the soft grass. Greatly did they enjoy this sport, and their parents assembled in great multitudes to witness their play. Now some of the children were painted red (for such are the rules of the game) thereby adding greatly to the effectiveness of the exhibition. But the Three Important Persons very foolishly mistook their sportive play for angry earnestness, and were greatly troubled in mind. But when they saw the red paint (thinking it could only...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: An Episode. | 12/1/1884 | See Source »

...final cane rush between the freshmen and sophomores of Cornell occurred on Saturday. The freshmen were successful and succeeded in getting the cane from the sophomores. The rush was a very rough one and several were severely bruised. The freshmen were distinguished from the sophomores by having brown paint on their necks...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fact and Rumor. | 10/10/1884 | See Source »

...hardware, paint, varnish, andc...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Accounts of Treasurer H. U. B. C. for Year 1882-1884. | 10/4/1884 | See Source »

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