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...President and Tutors were authorized to break open a student's door at any time they were refused admittance, and the same officers could summon a sort of "posse comitatus" of the students to quell disturbances about the college. "None belonging to the college, except the President and Fellows, etc., shall by threats or blows compel a freshman * * * to any duty of obedience." "No undergraduate shall keep a gun or pistol in the college or anywhere in Cambridge." Provisions are also made against students fighting. With the conservatism and foresight which ever characterized the fathers of the college, these regulations...
...college dormitories, it is true, and none desire it more than the students themselves. But they do protest when at every slight ebullition of mirth or casual congress of friends the proctor's knock is heard at the door. The proctors should remember that their office is not to quell disturbances annoying to themselves only, as much as it is to stop everything that may call forth reasonable complaints from anyone in the building. They should remember that if they have to put up with somewhat from their overhead or next-door neighbors, so have all occupants of the building...
...which takes place to-day, we would offer a few suggestions. In the first place, it should be borne in mind that for such a committee to be really effective, it should be composed of men who have decided influence among their classmates, - men who would prove competent to quell any undue disturbance without resorting to violent measures. The college does not need men distinguished for their size and weight, who could act as yard policemen in a case of necessity, but rather quiet, earnest men, who, by their cool, common sense, can control their excited fellows, and prevent...
...after a match between two rival teams from the establishments of two rival Woolwich "crammers," the peaceful village was actually in a state of siege during two hours on account of a melee between these gentlemen and their adherents : the police being only with the greatest difficulty able to quell the riot. But although battue shooting and pigeon slaying have been developed since then, we have got to be much more humane with regard to our foot-ball, and a had hack now is an exceptional circumstance. The game in fact-whether Rugby or Association-has undergone a complete metamorphosis...
...recent annual meeting of the Princeton Foot-Ball Association is declared to have been the largest held for two years, "making it evident that the old spirit still lives, and that defeat cannot quell...