Word: patribus
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Sicut patribus sit Deus nobis, - which in lingua vernacula significes "May Fortune and the Faculty favor the sons as they have their fathers." Yesterday we published the first of a series of articles recalling the victories and defeats and hard-won fights of the various notable athletic teams which have represented Fair Harvard on flood and field in bygone days. The compiler of these historical potpourris has many a curious legend to tell, - of how that famous crew of 185 - , or was it 186, - when hard pressed by her mighty opponents on Lake Winnipiseogee, and almost swamped by the mighty...
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