Word: misdemeanor
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Georgia legislature passed a bill making it a misdemeanor to play football in that state. The offense is subject to a fine of one thousand dollars or a year's imprisonment...
After the painting of John Harvard's statue some years ago, people said: "Yes-Harvard men win a game and then paint their founder's statue." Graduates and undergraduates alike felt the disgrace deeply, but it did seem as if such a misdemeanor would never occur again...
...senate of Ohio passed a bill making hazing a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of from $100 to $300 and imprisonment for from six months to two years, and branding by use of a nitrate of silver or otherwise, by a term in the penitentiary...