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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...their contempt for it because there were ministers on board the train. One of them pointed to the rear of the car and said, 'there is the bar.' If these young men had been drunk, we would have supposed that they were on a drunken carousal and when they got sober they would be ashamed of their conduct, but as they appeared to be sober we supposed that it was a premeditated attempt to ridicule the ministers on board or their church...
...rushes have been frequent. On Tuesday last, a freshman walked through a gate with a light stick, which he twirled gracefully. This was too much for the sophomores, who rushed upon him. The freshmen were getting the best of it, when one of their number, E. Von. Schaick, got badly squeezed in the crowd, was thrown down, and the mass of struggling boys surged over him. When extricated, it was found that he was injured, and a physician who was in the School of Mines building attended him. One of his ribs was pronounced broken, and he was taken home...
...college from which "Sir Gawdy" was so rudely expelled ? The fellows drank out of silver "potts" and had considerable silverware for their table, but "the undergraduates drank and ate out of pewter, an arrangement which saved breakage, and had the additional advantage that when the mugs and platters got bent out of all shape, the pewterer took them back as old metal, and a new stock of "dishes, sauces, and porringers" was laid in, the cost being ninepence-halfpenny a pound...
...Yale rushers. One of the latter attempted to foul him once, but Cowling brushed him away most unceremoniously to the delight of the freshmen. Play went on with varying success, Yale gaining by good rushing, but Willard making up the lost ground for Harvard whenever the ball got into the air. In one of the scrimmages Cowling was injured and was replaced by Russell. Just before the end of the first three-quarters the ball was forced well up to our poles, when suddenly Peabody slipped out around the Yale rushers and after a very brilliant run deposited the ball...
...which take away from the present considerable bulk of the book is a most desirable one, for the catalogue has really assumed quite formidable proportions. We regret however, that the editor has paid no attention to our suggestion about the other examination papers. All in all it is well got up, though the new covers are so great a mistake, and it must prove a most servicable if not an almost invaluable assistance to every student...