Memories of Brown; traditions and recollections gathered from many sources . ack, his toneand that of others of the seniors in dealing with freshmenwas distinctly paternal. There was nothing incongruousin it, to us, then, though the three years that separatedthe two classes seem a trivial interval now. There was a breaking-down of fraternity barriers insenior year, when some of us who for three years had be-longed to rival societies began to see much of one anotherand to call one another by our Christian names. AsI revert to those undergraduate days, senior year seemsfar the best, and largely
Memories of Brown; traditions and recollections gathered from many sources . ack, his toneand that of others of the seniors in dealing with freshmenwas distinctly paternal. There was nothing incongruousin it, to us, then, though the three years that separatedthe two classes seem a trivial interval now. There was a breaking-down of fraternity barriers insenior year, when some of us who for three years had be-longed to rival societies began to see much of one anotherand to call one another by our Christian names. AsI revert to those undergraduate days, senior year seemsfar the best, and largely because of this widened fellow- 436 Memories of Brown ship. If this is an indictment of the fraternity system, lethim who chooses make the most of it. It seems to methat the fraternity system has justified itself, especiallywhen it has exercised a disciplinary influence on under-classmen ; but it ought to be elastic enough to allow forthe loyal friendship of kindred souls who may chance inthe exigencies of the freshman rushing season to becomeseparated into hostile Sayles Gymnasium, Womens College In seeking the ultimate reason for the fascination ofour college days, I am inclined to think the glamour ofyouth had most to do with it. From eighteen to twenty-two the human animal is prone to joy, and we wouldhave been light of heart in any circumstances; yet Idoubt if undergraduates anywhere else, on the wholeand in the long run, as President Andrews used to say,were one jot or tittle happier than we of Brown. Henry Robinson Palmer, i8go. Memories of Brown 437 The Football Rush WHEN I entered college in 1886 I found a cus-tom prevailing for the sophomore class tochallenge the incoming freshman class to afootball rush and, according to this custom,the freshmen always accepted the challenge. By the tra-ditional rules governing the contest, a member of thejunior class was chosen by the freshman class to act as itssecond, and a member of the senior class was chosen bythe sopho
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