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...PUDDING CLUBwas founded in 1795 by members of the class of 1797, and is the leading senior and junior society. It numbers a little less than one hundred, three-fourths of whom are chosen during the junior year of a class, the rest being chosen the following year. The origin of the name is as follows: In the year 1795, while the students were living together in commons, a member of the class of 1797, who was suffering from ill-health, hired an old lady living near by to cook him regularly some hasty pudding, thinking that this diet would...
...MEAD, Secretary.A liberal price will be paid for a well-written article of 700-1500 words on "The Origin, History, Present Condition and Results of the Harvard Dining Associations. - Address, 49 Grays...
Such was the origin of our boating here, which was to ripen later into the H. U. B. C. Of course no such thing as an inter-collegiate race ever entered into the heads of those who took part in these races. They engaged in them simply for the fun of the thing, and underwent no severe system of training such as is now in vogue at present. They frequently made excursions in their boats, and occasionally were accompanied by ladies. But in 1851 they were taken by surprise in this way, - Yale had heard that Harvard owned an eight...
...late it has become usual to form great generalisations about the origin of art, and the danger of following them in scientific research is that the student will leave the really important things that are at his door unexamined, while he follows out a theory that fletters his vanity and gives unbounded sway to his imagination and to his ingenuity. The safest method therefore is to base our observations and draw our conclusions from the actual historical facts at our disposal...
...origin of college cheers may be traced to the boating contests of twenty-five years ago on Lake Quinsigamond between Harvard and Yale in the old fashioned sixes. The 'Rah! 'Rah! 'Rah! was then first heard; that of Harvard rolled out with a full strong sound, while that of Yale was given sharply and defiantly. Although both cheers look the same in print, the similarity is more apparent than real. Anyone who has ever been present at an athletic contest between these rival Universities will have readily observed the difference between the cheers. In the Town and Gown affrays, which...