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Despite the plastic and fluvid condition of the earth's surface and the aquacious essence prevalent in the air yesterday the CRIMSON and the Lampoon valiantly matched their skill at the national game. The scene was one of delicate picturesqueness,--the contestants decked out in gala attire, and the vast concourse of onlookers displaying ostentatiously their brilliant outing costumes. The umpire was at times whimsical and at the third inning called the game on account of dampness. But nothing daunted the two teams and they played on amid cataract and slough. At the end of the game the special delegates...
...corps was organized as a militia company with a captain, a lieutenant, and ensign, four sergeants, and a corporal to each section. There were regular drills, parades and reviews, the two gala occasions of the year being an annual visit to Medford to visit Governor Brooks of revolutionary fame, whom the corps made its hero and a visit to Boston where the father of a member of the corps entertained it at dinner. Two other events of great importance were the annual election of officers and the ceremonious installment which took place in the old Parker Hotel on Brighton street...
...large delegation of the Harvard Canoe Club attended the meet of the A. C. A. last month, and the Harvard camp display on the gala night was reported as the finest in the camp...
...Yale men were released from their duties. The old citizens were in great requisition to recount the memories of their earlier days, and the local historians put the results of their researches into the penny histories which flooded the streets. The celebration was entirely successful, and the brilliant gala day will always be remembered by those who witnessed...
Wasington's birthday will be a gala day at Princeton. The Dramatic Association will initiate the ceremonies by the presentation of "Our Boys," the evening before. The Junior Cotillion will follow. The exercises on the following morning will consist of four orations, by representatives of the four classes, the Senior oration being a humorous and witty production. The college orchestra will furnish the music on this occasion. The winter sports will be held in the gym. in the afternoon, and in the evening a prize debate for the "class of '78 prize." The debate will be between four men, each...