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The Purple, December 1897

The Purple

The Purple is a student publication offering news of the month, editorials, poetry, college news and alumni news. This issue contains the following:

• The Coming of Yule
• King Agbarus - A Christmas Narrative
• The Star
• Two Friends
• Bygone Days
• The Prince of Essayists - A Sketch
• Roast Turkey vs. Roast Pig
• The Midnight Minuet
• Some Noted Characters of Dickens
• The Song of the Engineer
• Dick Steele - A Story
• A Borrowed Saint
• The Mistletoe
• "Peace on Earth"
• A Good Custom
• Alumni
• Juniors' Night
• College Chronicle
• Purple Patches
• Athletics
• Book Reviews
• Calendar for December and January

Volume information on p. 346.

The Purple, November 1897

The Purple

The Purple is a student publication offering news of the month, editorials, poetry, college news and alumni news. This issue contains the following:

• "Light of Other Days"
• The Clean of Heart
• A Venusian Twilight
• A Recent Jubilee in England
• A Classic of the Old School
• The Spirit of the Waves
• Etchings
• The Dawn of the Day
• Classic Tales in Modern Dress
• Sicut Lilium Inter Spinas
• Cash Prize of Twenty-Five Dollars
• The College and the University
• The Investiture of Monsignor Conaty '69
• The Alumni
• Purple Patches
• The College Chronicle
• Athletics
• From the Editor's Table

Masthead appears on p. 267.

The Purple, October 1897

The Purple

The Purple is a student publication offering news of the month, editorials, poetry, college news and alumni news. This issue contains the following:

• An Idealized Letter
• Voices of the Night
• Scenes and Songs of the Old Plantation Life
• A True Educational Reformer
• Autumn
• Forgiven-A Story
• The Guardian of the Night
• A Retrospect and a Prospect
• To the Old Boys of Holy Cross: - Greeting
• A Word on Athletics
• Our Advertisers
• The Class of '97
• In Memoriam
• The College Chronicle
• The Alumni
• Athletics
• From the Editors Table

Masthead appears on p. 199

The Purple, July 1897

The Purple

The Purple is a student publication offering news of the month, editorials, poetry, college news and alumni news. This issue contains the following:

• Commencement Week
• Pity
• Visit of the Very Rev. Edward I. Purbrick, S.J.
• Ignatius the Soldier
• The Genius of the Middle Ages
• The Love of a Father
• The College Graduate the Future Statesman
• Religion the Corner-stone of Government
• Augustine at Milan
• A Liberal Education and Society
• Out of a Dream
• Edward the Confessor
• Dr. Conaty a Monsignor
• For the Best
• Brother Michael Hogan, S.J.
• A Word on Georgetown's Graduate School
• After the Storm-A Fantasy
• Editorials
• The Alumni
• The …

The Purple, June 1897

The Purple

The Purple is a student publication offering news of the month, editorials, poetry, college news and alumni news. This issue contains the following:

• June Roses
• Recollections of Holy Cross at the Season of the End of the War between North and South
• Fair Land and Free
• Some Leaves from Irish History
• Activity
• Why?
• To Dante in Exile
• Journalism
• On a Falling Star
• A Plea for an Alumni Day
• Necessity of Parental Co-Operation for the Success of the Teacher
• Mozart's Dream
• A Few Reminiscences of Holy Cross a Generation Ago
• Two Consuls
• Debating Societies and Their Utility
• The Oriole
• Holy Cross …

The Purple, January 1897

The Purple

The Purple is a student publication offering news of the month, editorials, poetry, college news and alumni news. This issue contains the following:

• Contents
• Catholics and Public Libraries
• The Well-Head of Christmas Song
• A Christmas Carol
• A Mediaeval Nativity Play
• The New Year
• Conventry Patmore
• Life
• On the Decadence of a Good Game
• The Priest
• A Christmas Dinner
• The Reception to Very Rev. Thomas J. Conaty, D. D., '69
• Editorials
• Alumni
• College Chronicle
• From the Editor's Table
• Calendar For Dec.-Jan