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...time till the river was reached a running fight was kept up between the Socialists surrounding the trophy and the students. Sticks were flourished, windows were smashed, and several quiet bystanders got stones in the eye, and a dozen heads were broken. At last the students were vanquished and driven off, amid the exulting yells of the revolutionists...
...experience, I have seen countless young men, that could not be either driven or led into giving faithful study to Latin or Greek, Turn with eager desire and with persevering zeal to the study of English. I have seen the study of English spread like a contagion through all the grades of undergraduate life, till even the idlest and the feeblest were moved to labor for an object that even the dullest could appreciate as desirable...
...team by taking them through the college buildings and showing them points of interest about the city. Early on the following day the team left Montreal for Ottawa, which they reached at noon. They were met at the depot by Captain Riley of the Ottawa college team, and driven in a barge to the Russell House where they had lunch. After lunch they were driven to the grounds of the Marquis of Lansdowne, about a mile from the hotel, where the game was to be played...
...independent element in the Democratic procession on Wednesday evening was quite novel in its appearance. The Law School Cleveland and Hendricks Battalion turned our about thirty-five men, most of the club being absent. Their club was headed by a barouche driven by liveried groom and containing the lord chancellor and several other "legal lights" as a transparency announced. This festive turnout was guarded by several undergraduate spearmen and was followed by the band, lighted by more students, after which the club marched in column of fours. Behind the law men was a mugwump four-in-band on which were...
...have begun work on the boat house, and the piles will be driven as quickly as possible...