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...capable, provided he could pay the bursar fifteen dollars for every term passed. A "good moral character" was also necessary if the student was to have full approval from the Faculty. By 1857 course requirements had tightened, leaving the scholar little choice in his curriculum. The only lenient measure was a course reduction that allowed the student's father to request that such subjects as Greek or Latin be omitted from his son's long list of required languages. With the Civil War came a trend toward less rigid requirements and encouragement of a three year program...
...emphasized that stealing books leads to severance of connection, according to the parietal rules. "The University is not inclined to be lenient with any persons it now knows to have taken books illegally," he added...
Inside he encloses a coupon from his student season book, or cash, or both. The Eli then hands his weekly envelope into the Y.A.A office before the deadline, 17 days prior to the game; the staff is frequently lenient about accepting late orders, however...
...package stores and taverns in neighboring communities, outside the purview of Judge Chesebro, are not quite so finicky about their clientele's age. But Princeton students are kept from wholesale migrations to the more lenient suppliers of, say, Kingston by a college car ban. Only graduate students, married students and special hardship cases can receive permission to break the rule. So, the Princeton men either stay at home--thirsty--or travel by train to girls' colleges where there is refreshment and company...
Opponents of the 11 p.m. signout have argued that girls who want to leave the dorms later can get special permission from their housemothers, who were instructed to be "lenient" in giving them out. House committee members can also give such permissions in some dorms...