Princeton Old And New Recollections of Undergraduate Life
The book Princeton Old And New Recollections of Undergraduate Life was written by author Alexander, James W. (James Waddel), 1804-1859 Here you can read free online of Princeton Old And New Recollections of Undergraduate Life book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is Princeton Old And New Recollections of Undergraduate Life a good or bad book?
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Many is the man who has *' sought the bubble reputation at the cannon's mouth, " as he spoke his *^ Presentation Oration" on Class Day. Every student with a weak- ness or a peculiarity is called out on these occasions before his class and pelted un- mercifully with witty lampoons. Around the cannon have been conducted those cere- monies which the students deem reverent PEINCETON — OLD AND NEW and fitting at the burial of Euclid and other defunct text-books. Half a century ago it was the custom ...to banish " suspended" students whose homes were distant to a farm four or five miles from Princeton, owned by a brother-in-law of President Carnahan. This was called '' rustication. " The friends of the culprit were forbidden to visit him, but it is need- less to say that this rule was enthusiasti- cally violated. Two fellows in the forties, whose nicknames were "Beach-Island" and ''Mac, " were compulsory guests at this retreat ; and while a party of congenial col- lege friends were handing over to them the cigars and other supplies they had brought to cheer them in their captivity, a narrow closet in the side of the chimney, formerly called a "catmallison, " was shown to them, and the host explained that it was a cus- tom with his boarders to cut their names on the inside of the door of this closet.
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