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ACS Football
One of the photographs is of an actual football game which took place in November of 1949. The second photograph is a group of Assumption College fans in the stands at football game in the month.
All-American Baseball Alumnus
This 1926 article reports the joyful news that one of Assumption's alumni, the famous athlete Justin "Nig" Clark, had been named to the All-American baseball team by Ty Cobb. Clark played nine seasons in the MLB as a catcher and was known for…
"The Dominion" of Canada
The fifth line of this article about the basketball team describes opponents as "the best in the Dominion", that is, the Dominion of Canada. Throughout the early publications of "Purple and White" Canada is quite often referred to as "the Dominion",…
"Basketeers" team of Assumption College, 1925
Accompanied by pictures of the 1925 team this headline refers to basketball players as "basketeers", now a seemingly obsolete term. Along with "cage" for basketball this is another example of how language changes over time.
"Cage Game"
This article about an Assumption College basketball game refers to basketball as "cage" in the headline. Basketball used to be called thus because it was often played with chain-link fence around the court.
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Windsor Police Department Organizational Chart, 1963
The breakdown of the Windsor Police Department's different divisions in 1963