Word: blue
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...means do not play the first game at New Haven. Do not be mastered by the superstition so common here, that any one in blue stockings, with a large "Y" on his breast, is invincible. '85 has a great opportunity before her to make a reputation, and we all hope she will make the most of it. May she prove that Harvard is not always to be defeated in her freshman games with Yale...
Members of the Co-operative Society can obtain blue books at two and three cents each, stylographic ink at fifteen cents a bottle, blank books of various sizes at about two-thirds the usual price, and stationery from a third to a half less than the regular prices. Arrangements will be made next week by which lawn tennis balls, rackets and nets can be obtained at a discount...
...name was such a curious compound of commercial Americanism, Hebrew blue-blood, and Latin aristocracy, and the name of his native place, Saug Centre, was so picturesque, while, moreover, I had thought so much about that line of words in the catalogue, that I so breathed into them an individuality, a soul, that Benjamin Emilius became one of my daily companions during those last autumn days when the leaves fall and the bursar rejoices in a fresh opportunity to answer numerous and voluminous questions with that laconic brevity so characteristic of that functionary...
...presence of ale were allowed at Memorial it would give that social attraction, that home-like, comfortable air to the hall that few men would resist. Instead of being a half-deserted, lonesome place, which makes a man feel "blue" the instant he enters it, it would become a true commons, where would resort the most of the men in college, to pass what would become the pleasantest hour of the day. I trust that you will give this communication a place in your columns, although I confess that it may seem very much of an innovation which I advocate...
...office of the Co-operative Society for the present is located at 13 Harvard row (corner of Church street), and will be under the charge of Mr. A. A. Waterman, '85, the assistant superintendent. Blue-books are on hand for sale, (or rather mottled books, - a sensible change having been made from the familiar blue covers of the past.) Other stationery is also kept in stock and sold at about one-half the ordinary retail prices. Orders will be received for the purchase of books in general, and second-hand books can now be left with the society for sale...