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...symbol of superiority among undergraduates and her possession is bitterly disputed between the odd and even numbered classes. To the winner of the Michigan-Minnesota football game each year goes the coveted "Little Brown Jug.'' Illinois and Ohio State wage their annual game for a turtle called "Illlibuck." Columbia sophomores customarily attempt to acquire living mementos-the Freshman class officers; their efforts in the past have resulted in public riots in Manhattan's crowded Columbus Circle, chases in fleets of taxicabs, bewildered freshmen spending enforced weekends in the suburbs. Yale's talisman is her Fence, stolen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Desire | 4/14/1930 | See Source »

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