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There should be in no case the least interference with the rights of conscience, and no scholar should be required to attend to any lesson relating to morals or religion, to which his parents may be opposed.
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1398:Basketball
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932:Rockefeller
889:Nassau Hall
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1078:Presidents
1045:Old Nassau
1039:Newman Day
1022:Presidents
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