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The Purple, June 1919 Jun 1919

The Purple, June 1919

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:

To My Parents
Colors of Spring
“Poetry”
My Son
Tragic Darkness
A Chinese Lover’s Prayer to Chang O
On The Death of Lesbia’s Pet Sparrow
New Field of Song
The City in the East
Stella Nortis
The Madness of McCaffrey
The Sea
The Brook
The Pipe
The Lonely Gael
After a Raise
The Mirror
Whisperings
Time and Tide
Communications
Under the Rose
Editorial
College Chronicle
Alumni
Athletics
Images; Baseball Team

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The Purple, May 1919 May 1919

The Purple, May 1919

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:

Lilacs and an Old Old Man
Aubrey De Vere
Dreams
If I Was You
Hearts’ Images
Cantus Stultoris
Brenda and I
Heard in a Country Grocery
May
The Birches
A Defense for Gloomy Gus
The Song About the Mill Pond
The Soul Captain
The Land of Make-Believe
Stella Maris
“Stage Fright”
Communications
Under the Rose
Editorial
College Chronicle
Alumni
Athletics
Images; Rev. Thomas F. McLoughlin S.J., Right Reverend William A. Hickey D.D.

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The Purple, April 1919 Apr 1919

The Purple, April 1919

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:

Weave on the Golden Star
Apocalypse of Thaw-Time
Rain
Spring’s Garbinger
The Cashier’s Change
As Great as These
A Poet Died
Tomorrow
Sleep
Your Picture Came
James Russell Lowell
San Marco’s Bells
A Successful Man
Wapoo
Patriot Priests of France
Day Dreams
The Dreamer’s Jewel
Communications
Under the Rose
Editorial
College Chronicle
Alumni
Athletics

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The Purple, March 1919 Mar 1919

The Purple, March 1919

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:

Reconstruction
“A Little Child--”
“Exultatio Filialis”
The Moonlight Sonata
J. Franklin’s Reason
A Tenement Pool
Padraic Pearse
The Pirate-Cheif
Bells
The Beauty Prize
The Sixty-Ninth’s Bright Green
The Lonely Camp
Chaplain Frank A. Lederle
Somewhere in France
Me Puero
Let Him Go
Under the Rose
Editorial
College Chronicle
Alumni
Communications
Athletics
Images; Edward V. Killeen Jr., Chaplain Charles C. Conaty ‘12, Capt. Edward T. Foley, The Purple Staff 1918-19

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The Purple, February 1919 Feb 1919

The Purple, February 1919

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:

You've Gone Old Friend
Prophecies
Hope
Frustration
A Soldier Scientist
I Know No Peace
The Spirit Unconquecable
From Wangan to Wangan
New Satellites
Emotions Amuck
Two Loves and a Contrast
To Pyrrha
On Silence
Communications
Under the Rose
Editorial
College Chronicle
Alumni
Athletics
Images; Undergraduate Officers, Winter on Campus

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The Verse Of Edward V. Killeen, Jr., Edward V. Killeen, College Of The Holy Cross Jan 1919

The Verse Of Edward V. Killeen, Jr., Edward V. Killeen, College Of The Holy Cross

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Edited by The Holy Cross Purple staff

The Purple is a student magazine published by the College of the Holy Cross. In 1919, the editors endeavored to commemmorate the publication's Silver Jubillee by establishing a book series of college verse drawn from The Purple.

"The Purple Poets: Volume One" is the first in the series and features the poetry of Edward V. Killeen, Class of 1919. Killeen had been a major contributor to The Purple and was to serve as editor-in-chief of the magazine his senior year. He died before returning to Holy Cross in the fall of 1918. …

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The Purple, January 1919 Jan 1919

The Purple, January 1919

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:

In Memoriam
Dutch Song
Forget Them Not
"A Red Spade"
The Message
The Dead Castaway
The Legend of Packachoag
The Nearest Star of God
City Lights
The Frozen Trail
Evening in a Senior Room
Communications
Under the Rose
Editorial
College Chronicle
Alumni
Athletics
Images; S.A.T.C Battalion, Holy Cross Athletic Unit Proposal

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The Purple, December 1918 Dec 1918

The Purple, December 1918

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:

December Dusk
Christmas, 1918
Joe Howard
When Raindrops Fall
Dawn
"City Ways and Company Streets"
In the Roses
Beethoven
"Here and Over-There"
Memories
In Memoriam
Rev. John F. Lehy S.J.
Communications
Under the Rose
Editorial
College Chronicle
Alumni
Athletics
Joseph Clifford McGrath '20
Images; Rev. John F. Lehy S.J., Rev. William F. Davitt, Joseph Clifford McGrath '20

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The Purple, November 1918 Nov 1918

The Purple, November 1918

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:

Joyce Kilmer
Lights of Evening
On Quiet Nights
Coming Events
When I Am Called
The Bells of Victory
Europe
The Psychology of Character
"The Old Refrain"
Solitude
Communications
Under the Rose
Editorial
College Chronicle
Alumni
Camp Notes
Athletics
Images; Induction Exercises, S.A.T.C. Battalion

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The Purple, June 1918 Jun 1918

The Purple, June 1918

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:

To The Holy Cross Men Who Have Answered the Call to the Colors
The Gardens of France
Still in the Game
The Airman's Song
Tommie of Ambulance No. 76 Speaks
"A Pipe"
A Legend From Picardy
Jean of the Escardrille
Via Crucis
Our Flag
Service Flag
The Coward
On the Field
To Be Sensed
The Soldier's Trinity
Communications
Under the Rose
Editorial
College Chronicle
Alumni
Athletics
Advertisements
Images; Rev. Charles F. Connor S.J., Rev. Charles C. Conaty …

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The Purple, May 1918 May 1918

The Purple, May 1918

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:

Night
New Bards of Battle
When the Cross Ship's Prom Turns West
The Payment
The Sanctuary Lamp
A Spring Tragedy
A Young Man's Fancy
The Spirit of Spring
May Idyll
"Where Spooks are Concerned"
Good Friday
Riding School
Spring Yearning
At Dawn
Third Reel
"---And Poetry is Foolish"
Communications
Under the Rose
Editorial
College Chronicle
Alumni
Athletics
Images; Basketball Team

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The Purple, April 1918 Apr 1918

The Purple, April 1918

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:

Two Fashion Shows
Shorty
Dreams of the Past
The Message of the Sea
When Tides are Low
Two is Company
All in April
To the Paulist Choir
Rhymes of A Red Cross Man
The Snow Bird
Who Vegetate
I Saw a Rose
A Home Coming
Communications
Under the Rose
Editorial
College Chronicle
Alumni
Athletics
Images; Corp. Timothy J. Daley, '17, Basketball Team, The Purple, Staff

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The Purple, March 1918 Mar 1918

The Purple, March 1918

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 Bold Precursor
Silver Spurs
A Song
The Stealer of Dreams
Do You Take Latin?
The Miracle
A Grey Woman
King Ben
In a Literateur
Second Reel
Communications
Under the Rose
Editorial
College Chronicle
Alumni
Athletics
Images; The College Orchestra, The Glee Club, Captain-Elect, Glimpses of the Greek Play

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The Purple, February 1918 Feb 1918

The Purple, February 1918

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:

Washington
Farms and Farms
The Nomad
A Yankee Hagiographer: Aguecheek
To the Ambulance Drivers in France
The Confessions of a Cheer Leader
Her Hat
A Contrast
A Bit of Autobiography
The Rainbow
A Retrospect and a Prospect
The Liberty Motor
Communications
Under the Rose
Editorial
College Chronicle
Alumni
Athletics
German War Practice
Images; The B.J.F. and the Philomathic Debating Room, A Corner in the New Reading Room

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The Purple, January 1918 Jan 1918

The Purple, January 1918

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 Old Year and the New
Thomas Grubb, Counselor
The Story the Arrow-Head Told
In One Reel
Three Little Pitchers
A Brace of Books
Utopia
Mother!
The Convenient Art of Forgetting
They Royal Flying Corps
To Jabbermocky
Jenks' "Jinks"
Communications
Under the Rose
Editorial
College Chronicle
Alumni
Athletics
Images; Holy Cross Freshman-Sophomore Debating Team, Charles B. Fairbanks

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The Purple, December 1917 Dec 1917

The Purple, December 1917

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 Old Song
Burlesques
The Sandman
Grease, By Gum!
Requiescant in Pace
A Marconigram
Horace and His Translators
Memory's Evergreen
Two Words Well Said
Sons of the Tole Rich
The Burglar
His Song
Communications
Under the Rose
Editorial
College Chronicle
Alumni
Athletics
Images; Geoffrey B. Lehy, The 1917 Class Gate

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The Purple, November 1917 Nov 1917

The Purple, November 1917

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 Song of Falling Leaves
The Fine Art of Forgetting
His Day Off
Camouflage
The Present and A Prophecy
Billiards and Urbanity
The Dreamer
A College for Whistling
Communications
Our Pilot
Under the Rose
Editorial
College Chronicle
Alumni
Athletics
The Flag at Old O'Kane

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The Purple, October 1917 Oct 1917

The Purple, October 1917

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:

Mynheer's Lyricist
The Service of the Voice
The College Cemetery
The Red Cross Nurse
The Second Son
A Forgotten Birthday
Monasticism, A Civilizing Agency
No Man's Land
Communications
Under the Rose
Editorial
Father O'Kane
College Chronicle
Alumni
Athletics
The Sweetest Song
Images; Rev. Thomas D. Beaven, Commencement, Commencement Procession, Rev. Michael O'Kane, 1917 Baseball Team

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The Purple, June 1917 Jun 1917

The Purple, June 1917

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:

Linden Lane at Holy Cross
"Getting Up"
Man of Bronze
My Brother in Grey
The Mole and the Bat
Savoyan Songs
The Cult of Cacography
An Idyll
You?
Il Diaggio dell' Anima
Communications
Under the Rose
Editorial
College Chronicle
Alumni
Athletics
Images; Winners of the B.J.F. Debate, The Class of 1917, The Holy Cross Tennis Team

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The Purple, May 1917 May 1917

The Purple, May 1917

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:

Maying Time
Brains vs. Brawn
The Loom of Time
Spats
Dreams
Savoyan Songs
"Book Bindings"
Passers-by
On Cramming
My Choice
Communications
Under the Rose
Editorial
College Chronicle
Alumni
Athletics
Advertisements
Image; The Holy Cross Purple Staff

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The Purple, April 1917 Apr 1917

The Purple, April 1917

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:

Ode for Rector's Day
Voices of Youth
The Scoop
Savoyan Songs
Treasures
My Gentle Readers
To Clare, Candle-Wishes
Whispers
Essay
Wanted: A Manager!
Spring's Triumphal March
Communications
Under the Rose
Editorial
College Chronicle
Alumni
Athletics
Images; Interclass Basketball Champions, Track Captain, Rev. Dr. Patrick B. Phelan, '69