Word: takings
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...entire Junior : class at Dartmouth has threatened to cease further attendance at recitations until the faculty take back one of their number whom they dismissed from College for being present at a freshman hazing and refusing to tell the names of the guilty ones...
...generally supposed yesterday that the freshmen class meeting would take place this evening, but,as was the case last year, the faculty decided that, in order to prevent the consequences of a rush, the meeting should occur in the afternoon. This is probably a sore disappointment to many of the sophomores, who think they have an a priori right to enjoy a little fun with the freshmen on the night of the first classmeeting. With regard to the action of the faculty, it must be said that the tendency for "rushing" such as it exists at other colleges is gaining...
...unless the Princeton faculty interfere as they did last year. In that case Princeton will doubtless make a strong effort to have the game played on their grounds, but this Yale will never consent to do, as she played there last year only on condition that future games should take place elsewhere. It is thought here that Yale will have her hands full to defeat either Harvard or Princeton, both of which colleges are reported to have much better teams than last year...
Since the trials of candidates for the Glee Club and for the Pierian orchestra are to take place this coming week, a word to those intending to try for positions on the clubs may not be out of place...
...track athletes are making active preparations for the fall races, which take place in about three weeks. Among the events, it is expected that there will be a half-mile race open to all amateurs in the country. Sherrill, '89, who is now the champion 100-yards runner of the country, will run in these races, as will also Hinckley, '88, who has a record of a quarter-mile in 51 3-4 seconds; Bradner, who is able to run within a fraction of a second of the record in the half-mile run has retired from the track permanently...