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The class of 1853, University of Rochester found here

Today I began work on my thesis project involving the University of Rochester class yearbooks (which date back to 1858) and today I started the task of flipping through every single one of them. In about 4 hours I made it through 1858-1877, not bad progress.

Here are a few things I read that seemed kind of interesting/funny.

From the section "Other Universities" in the 1869 class yearbook:

"Three thousand duels were fought by students in the German Universities last year, and 'twasn't a very good year for duels, either. Nobody hurt."

and in the 1859 yearbook, in the section "Another Year" I found this gem:

"During this year, the subject of Women's Rights has received an unusual degree of attention from our Faculty. The sad result, it is almost sickening to relate. The last citadel of bachelordom has been stormed and taken, and its hitherto unconquerable defenders have been carried off captive. The Greek has become a slave to a woman, and the FOWLER has been snared in its own net; so that celibacy has no longer a learned advocate among us."