Word: exonian
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Inquiring freshman - "I wonder what they mean by putting 'Ex.' after an itetm?" Second ditto - "Why, Exonian, of course...
...Exonian claims that Exeter's recent game with Andover was won by the latter only through the unfairness of the referee, Eaton, former captain of the Yale eleven. A touchdown made by Exeter was disallowed by the referee on the ground of a foul, although, says the Exonian, members of the Andover eleven admitted that it was fairly scored. The Exonian's charges against Mr. Eaton are serious, unless they can be refuted...
...Exonian suggests that Harvard's next move towards economy and the reduction of expenses be made by cutting down the "banquet fund" - in other words to serve the governor-elect of Massachusetts a cold lunch only on the day when in triumph he shall ride to Cambridge to take his degree...
Princeton, according to the Exonian, has written a letter to the Phillips Exeter Academy, setting forth the advantages of that college and stating as a prominent reason the excellence of the Princeton foot-ball team this year and the probability of its winning the championship...
...middle class, 23 intend entering Harvard, 5 each Yale and Dartmouth, 3 Brown, and several undecided.[Exonian...