Word: symbols
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...accompanied by the name and address of the writer, and by a certificate of standing signed by some officer of the college to which he belongs, in a separate sealed envelope (not to be opened until the successful essays have been determined), marked by a word or symbol corresponding with the signature of the essay. All essays must be in type-writing. Awards will be made June 1, 1889, as follows...
That harmless pigskin with the symbol, A. B. on it, is at present causing no little discussion. The following letter from the Nation, the hotbed of this discussion, may prove interesting...
...only is the college degree of A B. delightfully indefinite, but it is worse than indefinite. For, while the public are taught to believe it a symbol of good work done in some of the departments of the college menu, in fact it often means nothing more than that its receiver has managed to remain four years at college without having been guilty of any violent disregard of college laws, and has shown during that time that he has tried to study some one or two subjects...
...third Street. New York City, on or before May 1, 1887, accompanied by the name and address of the writer, and of the college to which he belongs, in a separate sealed envelope (not to be opened until the successful essays have been determined), marked by a word or symbol corresponding with the signature to the Essay...
...appropriate, the representatives of the College Press followed this symbol of their handicraft. The CRIMSON led the van in the following order...