Word: canes
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Lost. - Malacca wood cane, with buck horn handle. Finder will please leave at Leavitt & Peirce...
...Columbia freshmen have voted to give up "cane rushes...
There was a cane rush at Trinity, Thursday, in which the sophomores were victorious...
...ridiculously exaggerated illustration of the cane rush held at the Man-hattan Grounds appeared in last week's issue of the Police Gazette, under the heading, "Columbia youngsters vindicate their right to carry canes." - Spectator...
...cane spree" is an institution peculiar to Princeton, and a description of it may interest our readers. It is in no sense a cane rush, and must not be confused with the disgraceful struggles which occur at some colleges between the sophomore and freshman 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...