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...very perfect in its way, and had acquired many of the properties that are supposed to be peculiar to traps. One rent in particular seemed to fit the universal foot, - "foot" in general, and not any particular foot, - for it arrested equally quickly the orangeman and the Sophomore who wears ladies' size. The poor mat has been cursed every hour of the day and night, and now, at last, seeing that it still remained unannihilated, some one has employed violence and has doubtless returned it to its native dust-heap; or, better still, some match-boy, in sympathy with...
...Some of the foot-ball rules at Princeton are as follows: No player shall throw or carry the ball. No tripping shall be allowed, nor shall any player use his hands to hold or push an adversary. No player shall wear spikes or iron plates on his shoes...
...Class Day and Commencement it is, of course, befitting that all Seniors should wear a distinctive, appropriate, and uniform dress. An evening dress, worn as a morning costume, is manifestly absurd, and its inappropriateness undeniable. The gown has of old been regarded as the fit dress of scholars, and is unquestionably the only garment suitable for collegiate celebrations. Our faculty showed that they were convinced of this when they decided to appear in gowns on Commencement Day, and no reasonable objections can be offered against the adoption of them by Seniors on both the public celebrations. Their adoption does...
...Boating men have been unpleasantly startled of late by receiving intimations from H. M. collectors of customs, or some such officials, that a license must be taken out before they are entitled to wear a Cardinal's Hat, or an Eagle, or any other heraldic device on their boating jackets. It seems strange that such a claim, if a just one, has not been made before, or at least that Undergraduates have not been apprised by their college authorities of the risk they run in wearing the Boat Club uniform...
...exerted a most pernicious influence over the under classes, since its members wear good clothes, are rakes, hard drinkers, gamblers, smokers, chewers, atheists, and blasphemers; so that it will be a blessing when '76 graduates...