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...result of the senior elections for honor men C. L. McKeehan was chosen spoon man as the most popular man of his class, E. Essig, bowl man, as the second most popular man, J. D. Winsor, Jr., received the class cane and A. S. Brooke the spade...
...annual cane-spree between the sophomore and freshman classes took place last week and was won by the freshmen, who obtained two of the three canes contested. Hale 1900 took the cane from Johnston '99 in the light weight spree, after a spree of 3 1-2 minutes. In the middle weights Dewitt 1900 took the cane from Delafield '99 in the third round after two very evenly contested rounds of five minutes each. Harrison '99 won the heavy weight rather easily from Hart 1900, who was much lighter and so considerably handicapped...
...faculty at Brown have forbidden the old time cane-rush, so this year the freshmen and sophomores will make up for it with their football game on Nov. 26. No 'varsity men will be allowed to play...
...position if Riggs does not recover from his injuries in time for the game. Today's practice was open, and it gave an opportunity of estimating our probable strength against Harvard. The prospect is very much improved. Upon petition of the student body the faculty decided to allow the cane spree to take place at night as was the custom some years ago, the seniors and juniors pledging themselves to prevent any objectionable features on account of which it was abolished. The annual fall handicap games took place on Oct 21. On account of the strong wind on that...
...custom is the wearing of the academic cap and gown by the seniors on Sundays during the whole year and not merely for a few weeks preceding commencement. The other is one of our most time-honored customs. Formerly each year in the fall occurred the freshman-sophomore "cane spree." This was held some moonlight night on the grass in front of Witherspoon Hall. Three men from each class, a heavy weight, middle weight and light weight, contested in pairs for the possession of a stout stick called by courtesy a cane. Of later years the thing degenerated into...