Word: dartmouth
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...honor of establishing the first college paper does not belong, as we think it ought, to the oldest university, but to one of her younger sisters, Dartmouth. There appeared in 1800 at that institution a paper called, "The Gazette," which is chiefly famous for the reason that among its contributors was Dartmouth's most distinguished son, Daniel Webster. A few years later Yale followed with "The Literary Cabinet," which however did not live to celebrate its birthday. It was not until 1810 that Harvard made her first venture in journalism, and then Edward Everett, with seven associates, issued the "Harvard...
...Dartmouth seems to be a place of peculiar customs, Aside from the "AEgis" there is the "Freshman Freaks" published after the end of the Freshman year; the annual "cremation" of Mathematical text books with appropriate exerciser, at the end of the Sophomore year; and at the beginning of the Junior year what is called the "Presentation of Junior Honors." The class of '86 held their exercises Oct. 28, 1884, enlivened with music by the Junior Glee Club. Although the exercise were rather rough on some of the recipients, it seems that all entered into the sport with much spirit. After...