#yale bulldog

[tjtevlin]

My Nephew/Godson Brian graduated from Yale University.

#keepingtumblrfun #yale bulldog #yale lacrosse #yale university #family

[athleticperfection1]

Yale Swim & Dive

#Yale University #Yale Bulldogs #college swimming #swimmer girls #athlete #female athletes #college athlete #college girl #bikini #athletes in bikinis

[athletic-collection]

Aidan Semo

#football #yale bulldogs #college recruiting #aidan semo

[saddestfans]

HAD AUBURN WINNING IT ALL IN ONE OF MY ESPN BRACKETS LOLOLOL

#college basketball #ncaa tournament #auburn tigers #yale bulldogs #march sadness #march madness #sad fans

[freetyphooncupcake]

crummy photos from my crummy day

#ivy league #yale university #yale bulldogs #connecticut #dark acadamia aesthetic #dark academia #light academia #women in science #women in stem #light acadamia aesthetic #studyblr #naturecore #womeninstem

[giantsapple-macking]

#yaleuniversity #yale #bulldogs #newhaven #connecticut #princetonuniversity #tigers #centennial #ecac #ecachockey #ivyleague #collegehockey #ncaahockey #ncaa #princeton #gardenstate #newjersey (at Hobey Baker Memorial Rink) https://www.instagram.com/p/Co07FssNEhuCrP061WhsXXhebz28AwqRAfjy2A0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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[princetonarchives]

In November 1902... In front of us came Princeton, led by a prowling tiger-cub, held on a chain...From the other end came Yale, led by a big, blue-ribboned 'Handsome Dan.' Each mascot saw the other! The tiger growled and lunged forward; but his anchor held. The bulldog yelped and sprang frantically, broke his leash and galloped madly across the field with his six-inch ribbons fluttering wildly. Spurred on by Princeton cheers, he shot through the door onto Olden Street and headed for elsewhere.

George T. Scott, Class of 1903, in a letter to the editor of the Princeton Alumni Weekly, November 3, 1975

The entire Tiger Tuesday series

#1900s #tiger #TigerTuesday #Princeton #Yale #Handsome Dan #bulldog #quote #Princetonquote

[betterbetsny]

Yale Bulldogs mascot, Handsome Dan, made an appearance in New York this week. #yaleclubnyc #dogs #handsomedan #bulldog #bulldogs #dogsofinstagram #bulldogsofinstagram #bulldogsinstagram #bulldogsrule #mascot #yale #yaleuniversity #manhattan #newyorkcity #newyotk #newyorknewyork #nyny #pets #pettravel #travelling #instagood #instafollow #instagram (at Yale Club of New York City) https://www.instagram.com/p/ChXjoNCLRsj/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#yaleclubnyc #dogs #handsomedan #bulldog #bulldogs #dogsofinstagram #bulldogsofinstagram #bulldogsinstagram #bulldogsrule #mascot #yale #yaleuniversity #manhattan #newyorkcity #newyotk #newyorknewyork #nyny #pets #pettravel #travelling #instagood #instafollow #instagram

[bongaboi]

Yale: 2023-24 Ivy Men's Basketball Champions

NEW YORK — Matt Knowling hit a jumper at the buzzer and Yale closed the game on an 8-1 run to beat Brown 62-61 in the championship game of the Ivy League Tournament at Francis S. Levien Gymnasium on Sunday, sending the Bulldogs to the NCAA Tournament for the seventh time.

Kino Lilly Jr. sank two free throws to give the fourth-seeded Bears (13-18) a 60-54 lead with 27 seconds remaining. Bez Mbeng answered with a three-point play for No. 2 seed Yale (22-9) to make it a one-possession game. Nana Owusu-Anane hit the second of two free throws for Brown, but John Poulakidas buried a 3-pointer and the Bulldogs trailed 61-60 with 14 seconds left.

Poulakidas fouled Malachi Ndur, who missed two foul shots to set the stage for Knowling.

“I just wanted to put myself by the basket in case of any misses,” Knowling said. “We were trying to get a play for someone else but they found me. I didn’t think I was going to be that open. I work on that shot everyday. I didn’t overthink it, I just let it go and it went in.”

It was a tough finish for the Bears, who beat Yale 84-81 in the final game of the regular season. Brown won six in a row to end the season and grab the tourney’s fourth and final berth. The Bears beat top-seeded Princeton 90-81 in the semifinals in search of their first NCAA Tournament appearance since 1986. Their only other trip to the Big Dance came in 1939.

Yale, which knocked off No. 3 seed Cornell 69-57 to reach the final, last appeared in the NCAA tourney in 2022. The Bulldogs have won 3 of 5 championships since the Ivy began playing a four-team league tournament.

“When I first got in the league we didn’t have one of the better teams, and I fought like hell to get an Ivy league Tournament,” Yale coach James Jones said. “And now that we are a better team I don’t like it so much, but I wouldn’t take away this opportunity from our guys. This was a great experience for them and it’s something that they’ll never forget.”

Knowling and August Mahoney scored seven points apiece to guide Yale to a 26-22 advantage at halftime. Lilly had seven at the break for Brown.

Yale stayed in front until back-to-back baskets by Ndur and Kalu Anya gave Brown a 46-44 lead with 8:22 left to play. The Bears never trailed from there until the final shot.

Poulakidas led the Bulldogs with 18 points, sinking 4 of 9 from 3-point range. Mahoney added 15 points and five rebounds. Knowling totaled 11 points, five rebounds and five assists. Danny Wolf had 13 rebounds to go with nine points.

Lilly made three 3-pointers and scored 21 to lead Brown. Anya had 12 points and seven rebounds. Ndur pitched in with 12 points, six rebounds, four assists and two blocks off the bench.

#2024 #yale bulldogs #ivy league #college basketball #march madness

[alexanderrogge]

The U.S. Army Concert Band featured tuba soloist Carol Jantsch for a world-premiere performance of Amaia, a concerto for tuba and wind band by Ricardo Mollá, in the Rachel M. Schlesinger Concert Hall at The U.S. Army Band 2024 Tuba-Euphonium Workshop; COL Bruce Pulver, conducting. #PhilOrch #Philadelphia #Yale #Bulldogs #ThisIsYale #WorldPremiere #ArmyBand #ConcertBand #Band #ArmyMusic #MilitaryMusic #Tuba #TEW2024 #TEW #Music

#PhilOrch #Philadelphia #Yale #Bulldogs #ThisIsYale #WorldPremiere #ArmyBand #ConcertBand #Band #ArmyMusic #MilitaryMusic #Tuba #TEW2024 #TEW #Music

[packerfansam-blog]

#US politics #North Carolina #NC State Wolfpack #Yale Bulldogs

[athleticperfection1]

Yale Volleyball

#Yale University #Yale Bulldogs #volleyball girls #college volleyball #athlete #female athletes #college athlete #college girl #bikini #athletes in bikinis

[athletic-collection]

Caden Davis

#football #yale bulldogs #college recruiting #caden davis

[myemuisemo]

In the second part of "The Lauriston Garden Mystery," in Letters from Watson, the animal comparisons with people continue. The prior "simian" description of the victim now appears to be in the land of general Victorian biases about looks indicating character, rather than of specific dog whistles. (It's still an idea I'm glad isn't encouraged today.)

Inspector Lestrade, for instance, is given no description beyond "lean and ferret-like," implying he's a wiry, sneaky guy who's good at catching rats. Holmes, by contrast, is compared to a hound -- a classier and more morally noble catcher of vermin.

What the victim has in his pocketses is fascinating.

A Barraud watch is a high-quality pocket watch from the Barraud family watchmaker firm, which operated in the London area from 1727 to 1880 (so, retiring shortly before the story happens), per the British Museum. Holmes reads a serial number -- 97163 -- that may be made up without regard for Barraud's actual serial numbering (watch afficionados get very into Barraud details). Being five digits likely is meant to imply that the watch is newer rather than older.

Gold Albert chain is the style of chain that has a T-bar that slips into the button hole of a vest pocket and a swivel hook that attaches to the pocket watch. They were, unsurprisingly, popularized by Prince Albert, who died in 1861. I can't easily find a source that's specific about how long these specific chains really stayed fashionable, other than that pocket watches in general faded once men's wristwatches caught on in the early 20th century. Having a heavy gold chain at minimum implies the victim is a prosperous and outwardly respectable gentleman who might lean a titch conservative and practical.

Gold ring with Masonic device -- now this raises the BIG question. Are we talking Masons like "Moose Lodge but classier" or Masons like "conspiracy theories"? Even in the 1880s, it could have gone either way. Being a Mason was a gentlemanly thing to do, assuring business connections and a reliable social network when traveling. We're back in an era when everything respectable required an introduction -- gentlefolk who were moving to a new city took letters of introductions with them! -- and simply being a fellow Mason counted. So our victim has upper-middle-class social connections.

At the same time, Arthur Conan Doyle himself joined the Masons at about this time (possibly a bit after the story was written) as part of his exploration of spiritualism and self-improvement. So our victim's being a Mason isn't not a sign he might have deep secrets. (This interview with John Dickie, who wrote a book on Freemasonry, is particularly lively.)

Gold pin -- bull dog's head, with rubies as eyes. Bulldog stickpins or cravat pins were apparently quite popular! This one puzzles me, as the bulldog is ordinarily a symbol for England, but the victim is supposed to be American. And a gold pin is not a cheap souvenir! My next thought is that it's a Yale bulldog, but I'm reaching.

Russian leather card case -- Russian leather was popular for some years before the story because it was durable and resistant to water- and insect-damage. Our victim is willing to pay for quality and/or is taking his card case places where it has a rough life. If the cards only say "Enoch J. Drebber" and "Cleveland," these are his social cards, left when paying calls. (Paying calls was the Victorian equivalent of sending memes to the group chat. You'd go round dropping off your cards at the homes of friends and acquaintances, and a few might be "at home" to invite you in for tea and cakes. Not paying calls was a good way to fall out of contact with society.)

I keep wondering -- why Cleveland? It's a Doylistic question: the American has to be from somewhere, but why Cleveland? An Englishman in the 1880s would have heard of New York, Philadelphia, San Francisco, and Chicago, surely, but Cleveland?

Well. I had forgotten that President James A. Garfield, elected in 1880 and assassinated in 1881, was from Cleveland. Cleveland was in the news. The city was also an industrial powerhouse from the Civil War into the early 20th century, so if the idea is to convey a large, wealthy American city, where society is perhaps less refined than in New York, but not so rough-and-tumble as in "the West," then Cleveland fits the bill brilliantly. Best yet, it was ethnically diverse, with large German and Hungarian populations.

Pocket edition of Boccaccio's Decameron -- it's an era when a man who traveled would carry a pocket edition of some classic book, to while away train trips and nights in hotels. The choice of book should be an indicator of character.

This is probably the 1872 revision of Charles Balguy's 1741 translation, which kept the more ribald bits in Italian. I'm leaning toward thinking that we're supposed to see the victim as a man who liked a bit of the salacious, as no matter how the Decameron is bowdlerized, everyone knows the spicy bits are there (though why is someone else's name in the book? well, someone likes a spicy read).

Letters from the Guion Steamship Company sent me down a rabbit hole of steamship history. This is not a made-up company. This is the JetBlue of steamship lines. Per my plunge into Wikipedia, White Star was known for comfort, Cunard and Inman were known for speed, and Guion was known for transporting immigrants in steerage.

Right around the time of the story, Guion commissioned new ships to try to compete based on speed. This went badly for them, including stranding a couple ships.

Our victim could be sailing Guion as an indicator that he's pinching some pennies, or that he simply doesn't care about White Star-type comforts. Alternately, this could be Chekov's steamship and someone important will later be on a ship that sinks.

Seven pounds 13 is about $300 in today's money. Without ATMs and credit cards, and without a bank book or other financial instruments for a UK bank, this is the money that has to get the victim to Liverpool on the train (there's no train ticket) and cover any incidentals until he embarks. (Or perhaps there's more wherever he was staying?) Depending what he's got to do before leaving, he's decently prosperous.

Whatever point Holmes expected Lestrade to see as "crucial" in wiring to Cleveland (presumably to the police department), I have no idea what it might be.

Holmes' deductions about the murderer are a mix of explainable and mysterious.

Height and shoes are derived from Holmes' painstaking measurements, and Holmes is an expert at identifying cigar ash. (Trichinopoly is an Indian cigar, popular for its mild flavor.) The details of the taxi are from Holmes' examination of the mud outside. (This is definitely not a Playfair mystery where the reader sees the actual clues.)

"Florid face" likely means the murderer drinks, though he could be outdoorsy or have a choleric temperament. The long fingernails must be deduced from the writing in blood, but why were they long?

Victorian nails were kept very short by modern standards, even for women. So "remarkably long" nails might only be half an inch -- but it's a vulgar and exotic detail. I have driven myself into a frenzy in trying to find a fraternal group, religion, criminal activity, or skilled trade where it was normal, symbolic, or practically useful to have long nails on one hand.

In an era with serialized novels and no Wikipedia, readers must have been frantic with asking their friends about tantalizing details. Making all those required calls was doubtless a lot more fun if everyone had read the latest chapter.

So we have a victim who is prosperous and at least surface-respectable, but not quite "nice" and a murderer who sought revenge, has some odd trade, and is likely upset about whatever's to do with the wedding ring.

And what is to do with it? Is it intended for a future bride, taken from a dead one, or left by a runaway?

I'm on tenterhooks to hear what Constable Rance has to say next week.

#sherlock holmes #letters from watson

[freetyphooncupcake]

broke, but in 🌃Paris🌃

#ivy league #yale university #yale bulldogs #connecticut #dark acadamia aesthetic #studyblr #study inspiration #parisienne #tour eiffel #art #europe

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