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...Yale sophomores and freshmen have decided not to indulge in any proceedings on Washington's birthday, and the faculty have therefore voted to give the college a full holiday on that...
...handy, and the plan upon which this one is arranged is an additional recommendation on account of its conciseness, its clearness, and its accuracy. Primarily intended for business men its value to all who live in or near Boston, including Harvard students is obvious. (West End Publishing Company, 266 Washington St., Boston...
Over fifty years ago there existed at Harvard a voluntary military organization among the two upper classes known as the Harvard Washington Corps. It was descended from an undergraduate military company of revolutionary times called the Marti Mercutian Band and was organized in 1811. Any senior or junior at least five feet, five inches in height could belong...
...Washington Corps enjoyed its greatest prosperity about 1833 when George Peabody was captain. It was then reorganized as a battalion instead of a company and lasted until 1834, when it was suppressed on account of participation by many of its members in the "Great Rebellion" of that year. The corps is said to have been of great value at a time when there was no gymnasium for the students, and a few who remember the days of its glory maintain that it furnished far better exercise than the present athletic contests...
...annual reunion and dinner of the Harvard club of Philadelphia will be held on Washington's birthday...