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...good a means of distinction but would also be much more in keeping with the occasion and its associations than the conventional dress suit. If there be interest enough, cannot the class-day committee take the matter in hand and call a meeting of the class to take action upon...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: GOWNS OR DRESS SUITS AT CLASS DAY? | 2/24/1887 | See Source »

...that combinations will be formed against her by the rival colleges, for, under the proposed rules of the new association, a unanimous consent would be necessary for the adoption of any important measure. Such a suspicion is unmanly, and would be justifiable only in the supposition of previous unfair action on the part of Yale herself...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 2/23/1887 | See Source »

...definite action. Committee of five to confer with Alumni Committee of New York and report at meeting next week...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Princeton and Harvard | 2/17/1887 | See Source »

...That, as a basis of action, we recommend...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: To Withdraw from the Association. | 2/15/1887 | See Source »

...were in a decided minority. At nine o'clock a bell rang in the stables and a chocolate colored Bowdoin square car came swiftly out, escorted by eight mounted policemen and stopped in the square. There was a general stir on the part of the strikers but no aggressive action. The car was filled with students in a twinkling and went off amid the derision of the crowd. The track by long disuse had become too clogged, however, and the car, after moving a few feet, stopped, much to the strikers' delight. Two more horses were hitched on, however...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Strike. | 2/14/1887 | See Source »