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Five flights below, outside the courthouse, a throng of assembled spectators erupted in euphoria. Minutes later, the man known as The R. strutted out the courthouse, flanked by his beefy bodyguards and men who appeared to be his music label representatives. A fan, Lisa Jones, 33, screamed, "Alright, he's innocent," as she clutched one of the five children she'd brought to see the spectacle. Just then, her 16-year-old daughter, Jasmine Emery, smiled as she walked away from the crowd. "I just wish they leave the Kells alone," she said...
...those of you who are unfamiliar with the history of Fair Harvard, Gilman’s 172 year old hymn began with the phrase “Fair Harvard! Thy sons to thy jubilee throng!” Obviously, there is a gender-insensitive term there which prompted Kendric Packer ’48, to propose a contest to Harvard alums to provide a fitting alternative. Simply replacing “sons” with “children” had a belittling connotation and afforded one two many syllables to keep pace with the old Irish tune...
...explain. “Fair Harvard” is a delightful hymn describing the excitement of Commencement day. The original language ("thy sons to thy jubilee throng") indicates that students, admittedly male students, are "thronging" to the "jubilee" of Harvard graduation. The easiest reading of the new verse presents an obvious grammatical problem: “We join in thy jubilee throng,” is essentially saying “we come together at your jubilee.” This complete statement then leaves a lonely verb, “throng...
...Gilman’s original intention was to describe the grandiose nature of Commencement day, a jubilee towards which many a nervous student and proud parent throng. Any surveyor of the Yard on commencement day would clearly realize that “throng” is a much more appropriate verb to describe the great masses crowding in for the historic ceremony. “Join” is a word more appropriate for the purchase of an online dating membership. When I graduate, I don’t want to merely “join” my classmates...
...there is little we can do. But when we seniors graduate this June, I hope you will “join” me in bellowing out these words that are both gender-sensitive and true to the original meaning: “We all to thy jubilee throng...