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...custom. The popularity of a class in college became the sine qua non to obtain the 'Lemon Squeezer,' and as a general thing, fitness depended upon a long list of 'adventures.' However that may be, the receiving class was compelled to keep watch and guard over the relic, iminure it within bank vaults, and take the utmost precaution lest it be wrested away from them. It is customary for each class to append a lemon to the 'Squeezer,' and also to add their color to the bunch of ribbons which flaunt themselves at the further extremity. Previous to its appearance...
...side street. Its surroundings compare unfavorably with those enjoyed by the women students of every other eastern school of its rank. Four rooms in a private house are at the service of the students during the day. None board there, for, happily, the Annex is unencumbered by that "relic of the middle ages," the dormitory system...
...authorities by whom Harvard is governed are not troubled by that vice of small minds-consistency. While making the most sweeping changes in their frantic haste to reach the state of "an ideal university," they do not hesitate to go to the other extreme, and retain the one relic of by-gone college discipline which, above all others, marks the primitive stage in the evolution of Harvard toward the desired end. Bachelors of Arts need no longer know Greek, but they are still obliged to be present at prayers 576 times, in order to obtain the coveted degree...
...with its many historic associations, and even the thoughtless student as he passes the site now vacant cannot but have a little regret that the gambrel roof and the yellow and white house has gone forever. When the old house was destroyed much of the wood was sold to relic hunters to be made into souvenirs, and several complete parts, such as doors and wainscotings, were bought by eager purchasers to serve the same purposes in their own houses. However, now that the old house has gone, Austin Hall is seen to much better advantage. Indeed, one of the best...
This punishment of degradation was characteristic of the times and was a relic of English aristocracy brought to this country by our forefathers. If the feelings and sentiments which prompted it had been allowed to increase much harm would have come to our colleges, as we can hardly conceive of the extent to which these social distinctions might have been carried, with their attending discomforts, unless interrupted and destroyed by that spirit of freedom and equality which was the primary cause of the Revolution...