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degree upon a Robin Hood.

The students gave up e volun-
tarily. Credit was given to them
in a reduction in board, and the
money was used to buy books.
Both Harvard and Dartmouth
have severed athletic relations with
Princeton at times because of I'M
necessarily rough treatment of:
and refusal to play against, Negro
members of their teams.
The son of Abraham Lincoln
Robert Todd Lincoln, entered
Harvard in 1859 with a letter OF
introduction from Stephen A
Douglas. 1t was said that James
Russell Lowell was the only Har-
ward professor who knew who
Abraham Lincoln was.
William Francis Claiming, q
Harvard graduate, was said to have
been the only one Of his class in
1889 who would allow himself to
be called an Abolitionist.
Columbia University got he1
valuable lands in Manhattan
because hamilton College, desiring
to obtain permission for a lottery:
was anxious to pacify Columbia by
having land given to her some
where in the woods of Manhattan
Island" The land is now worth
millions of dollars, constituting a
large part of Columbia's endow-
ment.
A recent poll of Barnard College
freshmen shows that a Phi Bette key
is a ,17-to-1 favorite ambition a:
against "siren of the stag line"
Heat of ordinary stars is placed
at close to 2,O00,ooo,OO degree.
by Harvard observatory scientists
Rensselaer, Polytech is planning
a course for student pilots. Instruc-
ton will be given on light sport
planes.
Princeton students can now Gu,
as much as they like, so long a:
their standing remains unimpair.
ed"
'Whoopee'', alleged by-word Of
the dear old collegiate" days, ha'
been revealed as just another wore
of British origion.
Best-known trick play in history
was pulled by the Carlisle Indian:
in 1908, Pop Warner coaching. Thu
ball was carried los yards through
Harvard tucked under a player''
jersey.
The University of Wisconsin anc
Brown are two of the few Ameri-
can colleges which maintain handi-
craft workshops for their students.
From 1906 to 1910, football
fields were marked like checker
boards into five-foot squares.
St. Mary's college, famous for
outstanding football teams, faces
a financial crisis. Bondholders may
foreclose on their $1,37O,00o in
vestment.
Attendance at William College
chapel has fallen to 100 daily. The
service is no longer compulsory.
American brides and bridegrooms
are getting younger. Men r mar
rying at an average are of 24.S and
women at 21.7. We don't know
what this proves. Yes, and stats
tics show that Vassar graduates
have three-quarters of a baby each.
The oracles say that in 1860 the
population of the United States will
be stable, with twice as many peo-
pie 80 years of age and youth de
finitely in the descendant.
At Columbia US 1911 COM
mencement a candidate for the
Master of Arts degree, Hugh Max
we'll, addressed the audience on be-
half of candidate who had been re-
fused a degree; an alumnus moved
a vote of thanks, faculty support
ers interviewed, and the commence
ment was adjourned in disorder.
In 1882 the University of North
Carolina bestowed a Master of Arts
degree upon a Robin Hood.
An "Anti-Tea Fund.- was used
at Colgate University, Hamilton,
N. Y, over a hundred years ago
to obtain books for the library. The
students gave up Tea voluntarily
Credit was given to them in a
reduction in board, and the money
was used to buy books.
Both Harvard and Dartmouth
have severed athletic relations with
Princeton at times because of I'M
necessarily rough treatment of, and
refusal to play against, Negro
members of their teams.
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