Word: existence
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...becoming very popular. The most prosperous were the Institute of 1770, the Phi Beta Kappa, and the Speaking Club which were literary societies, the Adelphi which was a religious union, and the Percellian and Hasty Pudding Clubs. There was not much intercourse between classes, although a strong class spirit existed. The students did not, moreover, have the friendly relations with their instructors which exist today, owing to the extreme system of discipline which then existed. The most minute rules governed the every day life of a student. To denote his class he was obliged to wear a uniform which...