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EVERETT ATHENAEUM.The origin of this society was very similar to that of the Pi Eta. In 1867, the size of the sophomore class demanded that there should be more than one sophomore society. The Institute of 1770 had grown to occupy a position of monopoly which was distasteful to some, and it needed the stimulus of a vigorous rival. With the purpose of organizing such a rival, a petition was circulated in 1867, which, with the names of half the class thereon, was presented to and approved by the faculty. As it was too late in the year to make...
...students. A new association was formed for furthering the interests of rowing, and a large number of colleges entered it. This association went to pieces in 1876, and the Harvard-Yale races were in stituted which have been kept up to the present time. These races have grown to be a college institution, and severe training is required of all members of the 'Varsity crew...
...excitement was over before it had grown very late, and by twelve o'clock the gallant defenders of the crimson were taking their much needed rest. The freshmen made a good celebration upon very short notice. They behaved themselves well and deserve credit for the enthusiastic but withal guarded manner in which they gave vent to their natural and proper feelings of pride at their success...
...hereditary instinct is beginning to assert itself at last. He has joined the Young Men's Christian Association; has been foremost in every class rush and ruction; claims to have disabled permanently two sophomores, - and is himself a mass of bruises from head to foot. His popularity has so grown that all the freshman secret societies are after him, and he has, as I understand, already joined several. From his last engagement he sought his room with one pantaloon leg and his shoes and stockings alone remaining of the garments he had on when 'he went in,' but fortunately...
...power and are very dictatorial in their ways. The system of Colleges in England is very different from the American. The university is like the Federal government of the United States while the colleges hold a similar position to the states in the American political system. The colleges have grown up under the control of the university...