Word: past
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...correspondent of the Hartford Courant writes, commenting on Josiah Quincy's "Figures of the Past:" "There are many anecdotes of Mr. Quincy's wit and readiness of retort among us. One of these which perhaps your readers have not heard relates to his remark to his father, the president of Harvard College, when he (the younger Quincy) was elected president of the Massachusetts Senate. 'You preside over boys,' said he, 'but I over...
...supposed that all hazing and kindred amusements, formerly prevalent at American colleges, were things of the past. Recent events, however, have proved that these outbreaks still remain as institutions of some of our leading colleges. At Yale, in spite of the strong attitude of the college papers in favor of allowing the annual "banger" rush, which takes place on Washington's birthday, to die out, as did the freshman theatre parties, in vogue up to last year at Harvard, the class of '86 gave their voice in favor of perpetuating the silly custom by appearing with huge canes Thursday morning...
...Dartmouth, however, there seems to be as yet little hope for a change of sentiment, as long as a class will endorse disturbances similar to the one of the past week. We hope, however, that in time the New Hampshire college will look at these matters in a different light, and will join those colleges who have endeavored to blot out these affairs from the annals of American college life...
Officers were elected for the ensuing year as follows: President, Noble, '84, Harvard; vice-president, Cottle. Yale; secretary-treasurer, Hodge, '83, Princeton. An executive committee was also appointed, which is to arrange the dates of matches. The championship of the past year was formally voted to Harvard. The convention hereafter will meet annually...
...second annual dinner of the class of '84, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, was held at the Quincy House last evening, a large number of present and past members being present...