Word: blue
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...refused premission to take his examination yesterday because he had failed to hand in his blue-book...
...blue-books need be brought for History 13. Each man will find one at his place...
...vicinity of Boston, as no hotel would be able to accommodate such a vast throng as would appear, we may feel assured that the influence of Harvard does not wane on account of the impossibility of holding alumni dinners of their own. Even at the bluest of blue Yale assemblies, a Harvard representative is one of the honored guests, and eloquent words are not lacking in answer to the toast for Harvard. Truly the college dinner is a fountain of intellectual as well as physical delight. May it never cease to bring together large numbers of loyal and enthusiastic alumni...
BOSTON THEATRE. "Victor, the Blue Stocking...
...about to try examinations. In the words of a recent ethical pamphlet, "don't" stay up all night cramming just before an examination. Go to bed earlier than usual whether you know anything or not. It is better to know less and be able to express it in the blue book than to know more, and be too muddled and tired to remember it. This working until breakfast with a wet towel around your head is very romantic when you tell it to your sympathizing lady friends, but it is of no use in actual practise. Finally don't study...