Word: closing
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Dear--, You remember in my last letter I wrote you of the grand torchlight parade in which the college was to participate, and of the rush which was to take place between Sophomores and Freshmen at the close. Well, we left Harvard square at about six o'clock, and here it was, that the struggle between '87 and '88 began; it was to see which should get possession of the few horse cars. We pulled and tugged, spilled the oil in our torches over each other's clothes, disarranged the artistic hanging of our black ulsters...
...Princeton sophomores had a close shave in their foot ball game with the Columbia sophs. The score...
...second-half opened brilliantly for the freshmen who by good rushes of Purdon and Holden forced the ball close to Exeter's goal line, where Porter by a fine rush secured a touch-down nearly behind the goal-posts from which Holden kicked a goal. At this point Exeter began to brace while Eighty-eight on the other hand showed her lack of staying power, especially in the rush line where the men left everything for the backs to do and did not even block their men in any shape. Moulton by a long rush brought the ball near Eighty...
...distinction of being the only class now at Cambridge which has been forced to lower its colors to an Exeter eleven. After the victory over Andover, we felt sure that only the most brilliant work would be done by our freshmen team. But now, with the Yale freshmen game close at hand, the class is forced to register a defeat in its records. It is true that the Exeter eleven is the best that the academy has had for many a year, but no one will imagine for a moment that it is equal to the freshmen team from Yale...
...called the "Teachers' Diploma." It is to be under the seal of the University, and signed by the chancellor. No one will be examined, however, who has not already graduated. The examination will test the practical ability as well as the information of the candidates, and will combine a close scrutiny into their knowledge regarding the theory of the art of teaching. These diplomas will be certificates of merit of the highest order...