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...have you heard about poor Bill? Ah, well, it was a shame...
...bubbled over with puns, although many of these last were lost on all but the acute ears of college men. The playing, except in one or two cases, was so uniformly good that to particularize would be to criticise parts rather than personations. But the burlesquing of the ubiquitous Bill Tweed, aside from the original play, was a source of continuous laughter. Probably the finest playing and completest impersonation given during the evening was that of Mr. Burnham as Dinah; certainly he is at present without a rival in college circles in looking and acting the lady; his voice unfortunately...
...good share of these expenses was paid off by the contributions of undergraduates, but a considerable amount still remains unpaid. This account must be settled, and if we propose to do anything in the field this year towards bringing foot-ball at Harvard again to the front, another large bill must be incurred, which undergraduates, in view of our successes, should be patriotic enough to discharge...
...buildings are refurbished, the entries "swept and garnished," the windows look abnormally transparent; these wonderful results are paid for from the Class-Day expenses of the Senior class. The Chapel is dressed, the Liberty Tree has its flowery girdle, the Yard is enclosed, and the Class pays the bills. In the evening the illuminations represent so much combustible if not inconvertible currency which comes from the pockets of the graduating class. The generosity of the College is exhausted in paying twenty per cent of the bill for music...
...last I saw of the wreck the calf had devoured most of the old lady's pickles and peppermints, and had begun on her bonnet; and the conductor, Bill, and the fireman were asking how it happened, and laying the blame on each other. I returned North by another route...