Word: began
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...year 1890-91, what with the three years' course agitation and a general desire to condense the academic work, men began taking their fifth year course while they were doing the work of the other four, and petitioning for their degree of A. M. at the same time that they graduated from college; and many such petitions were granted...
...annual tournament of the Intercollegiate Tennis Association began Tuesday on the grounds of the New Haven Lawn Tennis Club...
...candidates for the eleven began training last summer at Newport, and resumed their work at New Haven, Sept. 20, practising twice a day. As usual the season began with disheartening reports as to various men who would be prevented from playing this year, but with the exception of Bothne, who died during the summer, the men have been returning. All of last years' team, Hinkey, the end rush, Winter and Wallace, tackles, Sanford, the centre, and McCormick and Bliss backs, have returned...
...that the festivities of Class-day began to change, and in that year the custom arose of the Senior class treating all comers to iced punch in the afternoon of that day. From this time on, the solemnity of the occasion gradually disappeared...
...several members agreed to furnish spreads. This was permitted and in the afternoon the President removed his restriction on dancing and Class-day became a festival. Exhibition days had been for conviviality, but Class-day now appropriates this and the former soon died out. The Senior class began to issue invitations to all the friends of the members, to teas and spreads, and the whole affair came to be looked upon as the chief event of the whole college year...