Word: older
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...appeared. This venture is one that appeals particularly to every Harvard man, as almost all the contributors have been at one time or another connected with the Lampoon. As we turn over the pages we find much to remind us of Lampy, only it is Lampy grown a little older. And if, perhaps, we miss a little of the bloom, it is easy to console ourselves by the thought that there is more strength in place of it. The Spectator, too, is well represented by some of the men whose work in the book of "College Cuts" is so singularly...
...older graduates rose...
...went to sleep in a German recitation recently, and another amused himself by rolling a marble down the floor to the instructor's desk. These incidents, however, we are glad to hear are not participated in by more than a few, who will probably learn better as they grow older...
...virulence, even if not to a system, unknown in its original home. If fagging - a custom of which Dr. Arnold of Rugby approved - is not its parent, it is at least its sister evil, since both spring from the propensity of tyranny on the part of the older and stronger over the younger and weaker. But these ancient customs may be esteemed most honorable to the freshman in comparison with the indignities and barbarities which are at the present time occasionally heaped upon him, and which he frequently revenges by insults equally severe upon his persecutors. The past college year...
...University ball nine are now on their Western trip, playing games with Madison, Racine and Evanston, for the college championship. If they succeed in winning it they will probably go East to try conclusions with the older colleges...