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...Brown is in a state of excitement. On Monday and Tuesday there were cane rushes between the Sophomores and Freshmen. President Robinson broke up the second rush and expelled six Sophomores, but refused to suspend the class, as he was requested to do. He also gave warning that any Freshman appearing with a cane or any imitation thereof would be expelled. Expulsion was threatened the Sophomores who should trouble the Freshmen...
...Sophomores and Freshmen have indulged themselves in several "cane rushes" since the term began...
...pleasing view of the lion and the lamb reposing peacefully side by side, but other colleges are not so fortunate. The report of the trouble at Williams, if it is true, shows a decidedly disgraceful state of affairs. We shall not moralize upon the terrible enormity of indulging in "cane rushes." This amusement was never popular in Cambridge, and we cannot judge of the pleasure to be derived from it. But the breaking of pledges is a thing not to be treated lightly; it shows a lack of the commonest sense of honor which throws into the shade a disregard...
Each bearing in his hand a cane...
PRINCETON, according to the Nassau Lit., still indulged in "cane sprees," which appear to be rough-and-tumble fights between the Sophomore and Freshman classes...