Word: birthday
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...night was one of the biggest nights that any freshman class of Yale University has seen for many years. It is well understood that on Washington's birthday the freshmen usually begin to carry huge canes, called bangers. They had a holiday to-day in the college on the distinct understanding that there was to be no rush. A day or two ago, a committee went to Horace Wall, the proprietor of the New Haven Opera House, and desired his co-operation to put up a flag belonging to the class of '89. They also purchased nearly 200 seats...
...souls of many men rose in patriotic indignation as they sat listening to a lecture in History -, hearing the Constitution of the United States discussed while the chimes were pealing into their ears that they ought to celebrate Washington's birthday in some more exhilarating...
Washington's Birthday is again at hand, and all the world, with the exception of Harvard, is deep in the perusal of Irving's works; but we, poor students, are kept close to the fast revolving grindstone, and are allowed no opportunity to learn the personal history of the Father of His Country. This complaint is time-honored, and doubtless will continue to be so, but still we repeat it in the vain hope that the rulers some time will hear our prayers. Why should not Harvard College fittingly observe this legal holiday? It certainly would be a benefit...
...view of the fact that Washington's birthday is a legal holiday, many of the colleges will stop all the afternoon recitations...
Bribery and corruption at Yale: - The faculty of Yale College has offered the college a whole day on Washington's birthday on the condition the freshmen refrain from the usual procession on that day. [And Dr. Dwight is a clergyman, tool...