Word: original
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...WEDNESDAY.Lithology. Special subject: The Origin of Rocks. Dr. Wadsworth. Museum of Comparative Zoology...
...article also contains a very interesting account of the origin of the "Hasty Pudding Club." From the eating of "hasty pudding" he traces the transition to college commons. After an account of some of the scenes of the early "commons" he contrasts the old system with the one of the present-day - Memorial...
...banished to the top stories, while seniors and juniors occupied the second and third floors respectively. The prices of rooms at this time, it may be remembered, were much lower than at present, and it may be that the tables of expenses, which now adorn the catalogue, had their origin then. The old system was continued well into the sixties, when it was given up, and, after several changes, the present system was adopted, which is certainly more acceptable and decidedly fairer...
Theme II. will be due from all the divisions Tuesday, November 7, at 2 P. M., in Sever 3. Subjects : 1. Origin of the Title of Marquis. 2. What is Money? 3. A Criticism of Anthony Trollope's Novels. 4. Are College boat races worth the money they cost? 5. Evening Parties. 6. A Criticism of Modjeska's Rosalind. 7. Fox-hunting in America - should it be encouraged...
...origin of cane rushes, perhaps, lies in the old faculty rule, once existing at some of our colleges, forbidding freshmen to carry canes. Now the tables are completely turned, and sometimes, as recently at Williams, the authorities especially encourage freshmen to carry canes...