The agreeable eye

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Pragmatism

You might consider trying to duplicate your institution’s colors in the flower and candles, unless they are something like pomegranate and puce. Columbia’s blue and white lend themselves very well to table decorations, especially in the spring when the little blue irises are available, and have been known to bring a tear to the eye of a sentimental alumnus with a well-padded checkbook.

—Mary Kemper Gunn
A Guide to Academic Protocol
New York: Columbia UP, 1969.


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