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 Having found success at other colleges, the football rush came along in the fall of 1909 after the abolishment of the bulletin board rush and the push rush, which were considered too dangerous. The football rush took place on the regular football field, with a football set in the center of the field. Freshmen lined up under one set of goal posts, with sophomores lined up under the other set at the opposite end of the field. At the signal, both classes rushed toward the ball in order to take possession of it; the winners were those in possession of the ball after a designated amount of time had passed. Having found success at other colleges, the football rush came along in the fall of 1909 after the abolishment of the bulletin board rush and the push rush, which were considered too dangerous. The football rush took place on the regular football field, with a football set in the center of the field. Freshmen lined up under one set of goal posts, with sophomores lined up under the other set at the opposite end of the field. At the signal, both classes rushed toward the ball in order to take possession of it; the winners were those in possession of the ball after a designated amount of time had passed.
 ===== Hat Rush ===== ===== Hat Rush =====
-This rush began with a member of the Freshman class donning a high hat on his head, thereby inviting members of the Sophomore class to a chase to capture the hat. The 1876 //[[tablet|Tablet]]// describes the freshmen as having chosen the hat-wearer "on account of his splendid physique and great capabilities for running." The custom was for the freshman wearing the hat to run from the front of the [[seabury_hall_old_campus|chapel]] onto Mulberry Street, to a place where he would hide the hat. The remaining members of the freshman and sophomore classes would engage in a fight along the way, with the freshmen trying to keep possession of the hat, and the sophomores trying to take it away. Juniors and seniors were there to join in the fun and see to fair play.+This rush began with a member of the Freshman class donning a high hat on his head, thereby inviting members of the Sophomore class to a chase to capture the hat. The 1876 //[[tablet|Trinity Tablet]]// describes the freshmen as having chosen the hat-wearer "on account of his splendid physique and great capabilities for running." The custom was for the freshman wearing the hat to run from the front of the [[seabury_hall_old_campus|chapel]] onto Mulberry Street, to a place where he would hide the hat. The remaining members of the freshman and sophomore classes would engage in a fight along the way, with the freshmen trying to keep possession of the hat, and the sophomores trying to take it away. Juniors and seniors were there to join in the fun and see to fair play.
 ===== Push Rush ===== ===== Push Rush =====
 The Push Rush is mentioned in the //Tablet// as early as 1869. Members of the freshman and sophomore classes (coached by the juniors and seniors) lined up on opposite sides of one another, thirty yards apart, standing four abreast, and as deep as there were members of the class. With arms locked around one another, at the signal, the two groups would begin marching toward one another, slowly at first, and then more quickly until at their meeting they had gained speed, crashing into each other, trying to push the other side back. The winners were the class with the best of three "pushes." The Push Rush is mentioned in the //Tablet// as early as 1869. Members of the freshman and sophomore classes (coached by the juniors and seniors) lined up on opposite sides of one another, thirty yards apart, standing four abreast, and as deep as there were members of the class. With arms locked around one another, at the signal, the two groups would begin marching toward one another, slowly at first, and then more quickly until at their meeting they had gained speed, crashing into each other, trying to push the other side back. The winners were the class with the best of three "pushes."
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 ===== Sources ===== ===== Sources =====
-[[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/w_books/4/|The History of Trinity College]] (1967) by Glenn Weaver.+[[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/w_books/4|The History of Trinity College]] (1967) by Glenn Weaver.
  
-[[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3193&context=tripod|Trinity Tripod]], 03/14/1922.+[[https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.29392095|Trinity Tripod]], 03/14/1922.
  
-[[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3135&context=tripod|Trinity Tripod]], 03/16/1920.+[[https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.29391537|Trinity Tripod]], 03/16/1920.
  
-[[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3047&context=tripod|Trinity Tripod]], 05/22/1917.+[[https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.30935865|Trinity Tripod]], 05/22/1917.
  
-[[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2662&context=tripod|Trinity Tripod]], 09/27/1910.+[[https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.30701152|Trinity Tripod]], 09/27/1910.
  
-[[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2613&context=tripod|Trinity Tripod]], 09/24/1909.+[[https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.30575550|Trinity Tripod]], 09/24/1909.
  
-[[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2316&context=tripod|Trinity Tripod]], 09/27/1904.+[[https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.30509885|Trinity Tripod]], 09/27/1904.
  
-[[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1110&context=tablets|Trinity Tablet]], 10/07/1876.+[[https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.32643086|Trinity Tablet]], 10/07/1876.
  
-[[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1014&context=tablets|Trinity Tablet]], 09/20/1869.+[[https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.31659990|Trinity Tablet]], 09/20/1869.
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