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...history of this sofa is a simple one. It did not come from England in the Mayflower, I am confident. The earliest record of it that I can obtain relates that it was presented to my grandmother, some sixty odd years ago, on her wedding day. Since then it has led a quiet, unpretending existence in the old house, until a year or so ago it was thought best to send it to college to receive those finishing touches that a university course alone can bestow. So now I recline upon it with my back against a cushion, while...
...days ago a gentleman interested in college journalism was skating swiftly over the glassy surface of the winding Charles, when he spied loosely imbedded in the broken ice along the bank an odd-shaped and quaint old bottle which looked as though it might have come over in that receptacle of all New England relics, the Mayflower. Now although the gentleman in question disclaims any attraction to or for bottles in general, this particular bottle proved too alluring, and a closer inspection was the result...
...drum corps. In the first place I think that whatever the uniform is, the prevailing color should be red, or crimson, the college color, rather than blue. It has always been the aim of the Harvard men in the torch light processions to make their dress as odd and striking as possible ; the class uniforms this year are no exception to this rule. Now a zouave uniform (the uniform which has been proposed for the drum corps) may certainly be pretty and tasty, but there is nothing funny or inceptive about it. A number of organizations will undoubtedly wear zouave...
...yard was enlivened yesterday by the music of the Odd Fellow's parade...
...performance in the Cadet minstrels, which are to be repeated Friday, are largely recruited from Harvard veterans, all from odd-year classes. Among them are Butler, '77; Snelling, Guild and Seaverns, '81; Dorr, Easton, Hale and Chandler, '83, and Swinscoe...