Word: campuses
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...classes en masse. It is merely a species of wrestling by representatives of the two classes for the possession of three canes. A heavy weight, middle weight, and light weight champion is selected from each class. At the appointed time, a great crowd collects in a ring on the campus, and then the heavy, middle, and light weight couples contest seperately for the canes. Last Tuesday the annual cane spree occurred at Princeton. The first spree, the light weight, was won by a freshman, who, as the Princetonian says, "after four rounds had been vigorously fought, secured the cane...
...great final tug-of-war between the freshman and sophomore classes was held on the campus Saturday afternoon. The heavy, middle, and light weight teams were each to pull three heats, the best 5 out of 9 deciding the contest. The freshmen succeeded in winning 5 out of 7 heats, and therefore the remaining two heats were not pulled, as the freshmen had already won the contest. - Cornell...
...knacks were scattered about, while two mirrors disposed of in conspicuous positions gave more evidence to my theory that men, espcially young men, are no more proof against vanity than women. The large cushioned window seat immediately attracted our attention, and thence we had a fine view of the campus and surrounding halls while we chatted...
Members of all the departments, except the academic, are not subject to this system, as there are not rooms enough on the campus to accommodate them; but that is no peculiarity of the system as such...
...correspondent of the Springfield Republican thus describes the beauties of Cornell: "The immediate surroundings and scenery of Cornell are romantic in a high degree. Fancy the college yard of Yale, Harvard or Amherst enlarged to the size of Boston Common and the Public Garden, and place the 'campus' upon the steep slope of Holyoke or Mount Tom, intersect the region below with gorges and water-falls at every half-mile, and let these empty a perpetually cascading stream into Long Island Sound, and you will have some notion of the natural beauties and difficulties of Ithaca...