Word: banters
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Dates: during 1877-1877
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...entering college the Freshman was subjected to hazing of a kind which, although it is dying out here at Harvard, is still practised in many other colleges. At first badgered to try his mettle, the Freshman, if very fresh, was subjected to mere vulgar banter; but if he showed any quickness at repartee, he was tried by all the resources of student wit, and finally subjected to the pump...