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Cane Spree is an annual autumn tradition at College of New Jersey (18th Century), The College of New Jersey (referred to then as Princeton College and now known as Princeton University) which began during the Gilded Age—the period just after the Civil war, Civil War, or the mid-to-late 1860s.  Cane Spree began as a riot between classes, turned into an annual event with each class designating a candidate for the wrestling, and ultimately shedded its violence altogether to become a regular intramural multi-sport event held on the campus. The tradition endures today. History In the Gilded-Age of the 1860s, fashionable and elegant gentlemen carried Assistive cane, walking sticks (canes).  At Princeton College, sophomores were offended by seeing underclassmen carrying canes and would attack Freshman, freshmen students found carrying canes in a sort of hazing ritual. What eventually became known as Cane Spree began as an actual riot on Nassau Street (Princeton, New Jersey), N ...
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College Of New Jersey (18th Century)
A college (Latin: ''collegium'') may be a tertiary educational institution (sometimes awarding degrees), part of a collegiate university, an institution offering vocational education, a further education institution, or a secondary school. In most of the world, a college may be a high school or secondary school, a college of further education, a training institution that awards trade qualifications, a higher-education provider that does not have university status (often without its own degree-awarding powers), or a constituent part of a university. In the United States, a college may offer undergraduate programs – either as an independent institution or as the undergraduate program of a university – or it may be a residential college of a university or a community college, referring to (primarily public) higher education institutions that aim to provide affordable and accessible education, usually limited to two-year associate degrees. The word "college" is generally ...
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