Word: things
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...very apt in this part of the world to trace every thing back to the "Mayflower," and there is no small reason for it now, when we consider how signal a mark our great mother University on the Cam has put upon this region about Boston harbor and its affluents. One of the first expeditions which the Pilgrims at Plymouth sent out, was one by boat under command of Miles Standish to explore the waters of Massachusetts Bay, as Boston harbor was then called. As they passed the islands, which then as now stand watch and ward over the entrance...
...voice ever soft, gentle and low - An excellent thing in woman...
...cane-spree, an institution peculiarly Princeton's own, is a thing of the past and the verdant freshman now rejoiceth much. Special regulations were adopted this year to the effect that no foot-ball men should be allowed to spree. The freshmen, by superior coaching, took the first two canes, the light-weight and the middle-weight. The struggle for the heavy-weight cane was a stubborn contest; after working hard for one hour and forty minutes, neither man was able to wrest it from his opponent and the cane was divided, the freshmen thus getting 2 1-2 canes...
...have about got over their favorite trick of three weeks ago, of dropping with great force and style, only to find that the ball was no longer there, a practice which was amusing to the spectators; but rather demoralizing to anything like good work. Still, the one chief thing that the rush line needs to learn is how to tackle. It is a hard thing to learn, one of the hardest things to learn; but it must be learned if we are to make any showing against the other colleges...
...made a mistake, and a bad one too. Luckily we have discovered it in time to enlighten the ignorance which caused it, and by following our advice, all evil consequences may be avoided. Our present freshman class has done an unheard-of thing; it has neglected to join the H. A. A. We quote the following extract from the by-laws of the Athletic Association. "No member of the university shall be permitted to witness any sports unless he be a member of the association." To make no mention of the handicap meeting, it will thus be seen how near...