Word: freshmen
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Freshmen, special students and upper-classmen admitted to advanced standing this year, may procure copies of the Regulations in University 2, ground floor, this afternoon between 4 and 5 o'clock...
...Cambridge people have, of course, a right to ask that the men should run on one street only. It is not pleasant for a lady to find herself suddenly surrounded by a lot of scantily-clad men. The men who have run on Craigie and Brattle streets are freshmen who did not know the custom, and so are excusable for the unintentional breach of faith. North Avenue is the best street in Cambridge to run on, as its side-walks are wider than those on any other. So it can be no sacrifice on the part...
Stoughton, although it has housed many men since famous, has contributed very little to the traditions of the college yard. In 1839 two freshmen were awakened from their slumbers by the insertion through their window of a large rocket, which in its explosion fortunately did little damage. In 1870 an infernal machine was exploded within the building, which caused serious damage. Among the well-known names of those who at different times have roomed in Stoughton are found those of Edward Everett, Alex. H. Everett, Caleb Cushing, H. Greenough, Cornelius C. Felton, C. Sumner, G. T. Bigelow, Oliver Wendell Holmes...
Every winter for the last three years the question whether the Harvard freshmen shall row a race with the Yale freshmen has been discussed. The challenge sent from Yale a few days ago to the captain of the Harvard freshman crew brings this question once more before the college. The uncertainty as to whether three crews could row a fair race on the two-mile comse at New London, which has directed the policy of Harvard for the last two years, will have no influence on the question this winter, since the captain of the Yale crew refuses...
...hope the freshmen will give the question an open. fair discussion, for there are reasons why a race, as well as a base-ball and a foot-ball contest between the freshmen of the two colleges, is desirable. We are convinced, however, that when the question is looked at fairly, and even favorably, for a race with Yale, the objections are too weighty to admit of the contest. We therefore strongly urge the freshmen to decline the challenge...