Word: late
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...second eleven defeated Exeter yesterday, 24 to 10. The account of the game came in too late for publication this morning, but will appear in tomorrow's issue...
...Harvard were comparatively small, so small, in deed, that, in the course of the four years' term, each undergraduate became tolerably well acquainted with all of the numbers of this class, and with quite a number of young men who were members of classes immediately above or bellows. Of late years, however, the classes have been so large (and there seems to be no limit to their growth in the future) that this class acquaintanceship, and possibly, also, class feeling, are gradually passing away. The associates that a young man has while at Harvard are now, in most instances...
...following was received too late for publication in yesterday's issue, in which it ought to have appeared...
...first Monday night of the college year. Ever since the founding of the University it has been considered by sophomore classes a fitting opportunity for initialing the freshmen in the mysteries of the new life before them. Of late, the old customs of a rush, a foot-ball game, or a tug-of-war, all of which had their days of supremacy at Harvard, have been superceded by a new and more civilized observance. It has now become the fashion for the members of the leading sophomore society to issue invitations to the freshmen who are considered likely to respond...
...Alongside of it has grown up a system of actions and many ways dubbed 'poppycock' by the college world at large. This found manifestation in many ways, all marked by an assumption of mystery and standoffishness in everything that related to the societies in any way, however distant. Of late years, however, a strong sentiment of opposition to 'poppycock' has been steadily developing. Among undergraduates the opposition has grown very quietly. In 1884 it was at its height. The Senior Class in that year held a class-meeting to protest against it. Among the present Senior members of Bones there...