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Cambridge was modeled on the form of Oxford as that was on Paris. Cambridge was always more of a Protestant university than Oxford. During the days of the Reformation the students were strenuous in their defense of Queen Elizabeth. At the three hundredth anniversary of the founding of Emmanuel College, which occurred a few years ago a certain professor showed a ring given by Elizabeth to one of his ancestors who had been a professor at Emmanuel, in appreciation of the old Englishman's devotion to the cause of Protestantism. [Applause.] Although Cambridge always keeps its doors open...
...oldest graduate at the time of the two hundredth anniversary was the Hon. Paine Wingate, of the class of 1759, who died in 1838. He was a class-mate of Dr. Joseph Warren, who fell at Bunker Hill...
...most famous of all the universities. Only seven of them are her seniors: Bologna (1140), Paris (1142), Oxford (1200), Padua (1222), Salamanca (1250), Prague (1348), Vienna (1356). Among these seven only one, Oxford, can claim to rival her in glory. It was to be expected that when the five hundredth anniversary of her birthday came around, not only the alumni of the university and the inhabitants of Heidelberg, but scholars of every name and tongue, from all over Christendom, would flock together to take part in the glorious celebration. For weeks beforehand the whole city was in a bustle...
EDITORS DAILY CRIMSON. - In your issue of Tuesday last, you suggested that the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the founding of Harvard should be celebrated in some appropriate manner by the present under-graduates. Shall we allow this day to pass by unobserved? The two hundredth anniversary was fittingly observed; why should not the two hundred and fiftieth...
...reader who has remembrances of Cambridge running back to 1836 - the year that Harvard celebrated her two hundredth anniversary - will recall with a smile the fanciful summer garment of the students then in vogue, called the College Toga. For at least two seasons it was in high fashion with the undergraduates. It was made of gingham, of a color and pattern to suit the taste of the wearer. It was a loose-fitting garment reaching to the knees, was gathered at the neck, and also at the waist, behind. It had a turned-over collar, a small cape rounded...