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...were very droll, and the shrill chorus of little voices that grew in number as the sun sloped to the west, was extremely pleasant to hear. They are, perhaps, of the same stock as the ancient Greek frogs; at any rate, they performed the very music written by the old master of comedy - "brek-e-kek-ex-co-ax-co-ax - brek-e-kek-ex-co-ax-co-ax." - [Cambridge Tribune...
...amendments recently adopted by the Inter-collegiate Foot-ball Association promise to make the games next fall very much more interesting. The old "block-game" prevented all attempts at brilliant playing, and sometimes wasted the greater part of the time allowed for the game, causing discouragement among the players and receiving the most hearty disapproval of the spectators...
...freshmen play Adams Academy today at Quincy. Train leaves Old Colony depot at 1.50 P. M. Fare each way 20 cents...
...Harvard Club of Chicago held a social reunion at the Pacific Thursday evening. About thirty were in attendance, and after the transaction of club business, the members gathered around a "punch bowl" in the hotel ordinary, sang songs, and discussed old college times. - [Tribune...
...undeniable tendency of our day is towards the gradual loosening of all the time-honored and traditional ties of college and class custom, and, using the word in the etymological sense, the gradual vulgarizing of all the old and peculiar institutions of college life. This year, indeed, has seemed to mark a reaction from this tendency. At hardly any period, almost, within the memory of college students has there been such an epidemic of college hazings and escapades of all sorts. This phenomenon seems inexplicable; but we regard it as nothing more than a reaction from the inevitable tendency...