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...evacuation of Boston, March, 1776, the College conferred on Washington the degree of Doctor of Laws, which was then given for the first time. At the request of the Legislature the tutors were required to give written declarations of their political principles, and after the return from Concord one student who had been absent was refused readmission, because he had been "using the most impudent, insulting, and abusive language against the American Congress and General Court...
...Class Committee again earnestly request Seniors to send in contributions for the Class Song and Baccalaureate Hymn. The Committee will be compelled to make a choice by May 15, and all who intend to write should do so at once...
...learned, by experience bien entendu, meant "American drinks compounded." I did not enlighten him, however, and I feel certain that he thinks to this day that he understood that "American" perfectly. I discovered afterwards, that any sentence that a hackman did not understand was interpreted by him as a request to stop at some "Palais Royal." This, however, is natural, and shows a commendable insight into the needs of travellers...
...associate the magenta pennon with Harvard's success or failure, the proposal of Union College that we change our colors must have seemed not entirely devoid of that useful quality which goes by the name of cheek. And, after more sober consideration, we find reason to think that the request should be refused, if not ignored. In the first place, we think it doubtful that Union ever claimed the color before Harvard; and, even if that be the case, we see no reason why the color should be resigned by us. Union claims to have adopted the magenta...
...scrapes and nonsense, that the sober sense of ten years later impelled them to cut out and destroy. After this, Mr. Sibley, to whom we really owe the reform and building up of this practice, undertook, in the year 1849, to see every man in each graduating class, and request him to write out a biography under his direction. In 1856, when he accepted the position of Librarian, he took pains to hand to each successive Class Secretary, a list of questions to show the students, as an assistance in writing out heir history. From this...