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...That homeward heartless I should ride...
...applause was very impartially given to both sides, and a single slight attempt to applaud one of Harvard's errors was drowned in a storm of hisses. The Nine were accompanied to Princeton Junction by a number of their Princeton friends, and were started on their homeward journey with an ovation of cheers and well wishes for the coming Yale game...
...MORE cordial and hearty reception than the one given at Princeton last Friday and Saturday our Nine could not ask. From the time when they left the cars to the time when they were cheered on their homeward trip, they enjoyed the constant escort and attention of Princeton men. As soon as they reached Princeton a lunch was served for them at the hotel; they were taken in carriages to the ball-ground, and throughout the game were treated with a courtesy which might be imitated to advantage by the spectators who sometimes throng Holmes Field. In the evening...
...happy man is the homeward-bound Freshman. He will carry that green worsted bag, emblazoned with his initials, - which might as well be Hannibal's, for nobody can decipher them, - and a very little bag, containing his toothbrush. He will walk through the train twice. He knows every one will see that he is a collegian; but he forgets that every one will see what is equally obvious, - that he is a Freshman. We pardon him, for we confess to a slight thrill of pride when first a mucker called out after us, "Hi! look at the Harvard...
Suppose, again, I continued, while a sense of perfect comfort pervaded my whole being, that I were at this moment a husband instead of a chum. I should then be under the necessity of turning immediately homeward, or a little family disturbance might arise. But as it is, - and I caught myself nodding to my glass, - it makes no difference if I don't go home...