Word: rusticating
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...where the name of the College is at stake, even in the least degree, the BEST in the College should defend it. The name Harvard Freshman involves the name of the College to some extent, and often to outsiders to the full extent. Objection 3 admits that "the rustic dweller on the shores of Owasco Lake, or the respected citizen of Knox County, N. Y., may have taken the Freshman for the University Crew;" if, on the ground of the race, that opinion prevailed, there is every reason to suppose that the further off one got, - especially...