Word: blue
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...case there may still be some men who for any reason have failed to sign the blue book, but who may wish to attend the dinner, the committee has decided to keep the book open until 12 o'clock today. Absolutely no one will be admitted to the dinner without a ticket, so all who wish to be present must sign before noon today...
Professor Trowbridge's experiments with the cathode rays at the Jefferson Physical Laboratory have shown that the quality of glass constituting the Crookes tubes has very little to do with the phenomena outside the tubes. A bulb that gives a blue fluorescence will produce as good cathode photographs as one that produces a yellow or green fluorescence. It is practically useless to endeavor to obtain photographs with tubes which are not exhausted to a high degree, perhaps one millionth of an atmosphere. When the anode throws a strong shadow of the cathode on the fluorescent walls of the tube...
...greater success than ever before. The preparations that have been made are most satisfactory and complete, and the event will be one to be long remembered by all the men that are there. Up to this time one hundred and twenty members of the class have signed the blue-book, which is a decided improvement over last year at the same time, but this number is much below that which the committee expects will be at the dinner. It has been shown by experience that a very large number of men sign the books during the two or three days...
...Nichols, the Class Poem. It was also decided to have an orchestra play during the dinner. The Ninety-seven Freshman Glee Club will sing, and solos will be given by H. W. Howe and E. M. Waterhouse. The committee again wish to urge Juniors to sign the blue-book at Leavitt and Peirce's immediately...
...tickets for the Junior Dinner may now be obtained at Leavitt and Pierce's by signing the blue-book and paying...