Word: columnism
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...some uncertainty as to the result of attempting to divide the classes into companies or of making any pretence of marching in military style. It is a certainty, however, that, as the evening progresses the maneuvers will become more and more complicated, so that the final condition of the column will be as chaotic as the most conservative could wish. At any rate, let us all take hold with a will, irrespective of our political creeds, and make this demonstration a complete success. It is the last chance most of us will have of marching in the Harvard brigade...
...30th will form on North Charles street, above Cambridge street near the jail. The college will probable march in the second division, commanded by Col. W. A. Bancroft. This will give the college a position in the second quarter of the procession. The procession will form by classes in column of eight. The marshals have appointed a number of captains from each class, who are to assist in getting the men into line...
...communication in another column in regard to the senior class transparency deserves the consideration of every member of the class. The writer disapproves of the decision of the class to carry its vote, unfavorable to the Republican candidate, on a transparency in the parade, as a breach of hospitality to the republican party. In our opinion, by far too serious a view of the question has been taken. It is unnecessary to repeat what has so often been remarked, that the students, as shown by the burlesque costumes worn in former years, regard the whole parade as a lark, Each...
...pleased to learn, by its notice in another column, that the Shooting Club, having struggled through the first year of its existence, is about to take a new lease of life. The club was not formed with the hope of entering upon any career of especial brilliancy, but merely with the intention of affording the members of the university a chance to obtain practice at small expense, and with the greatest convenience possible. This is, practically, what it accomplished last year. Its matches were held at short intervals, and were attended by parties of students who made up in enthusiasm...
...Union Hall, Cambridgeport. The members of the club assembled in Harvard Square at 7.15, where they were joined by many of the under-graduates. Three transparencies were borne by the battalion, inscribed with the vote of the class and other appropriate devices. At 7.45 the line was formed in column of fours, numbering 152 men ; and with the officers of the club, and the Boston Cadet Band at the head, the procession took up the line of march for the Port...