Word: crackers
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...sparring room changing their apparel. At half past seven about one half of the class met in the square near Beck. The torches lately used in the 250th anniversary parade, were made to do duty a second time, and with a band of horn-blowers and fire-cracker throwers the victorious class marched through Harvard Street to the yard. Roman candles, colored fire, rockets and shouting, mingled with the noise of bombs, made up the equipments of enthusiastic freshmen. On the steps of University cheers were given for the eleven, individual players, the classes, and finally for Harvard. Then...
Last year the serenity of one of the entries of Thayer was suddenly disturbed by a violent explosion, which, on examination, proved to have been caused by a large cannon-cracker which some reckless student had fastened to the door of one of the rooms and then ignited. Although there was some ground for this outrage, the victim of the assault being a musical friend, the perpetrators were severely censured by the college for the folly and childishness of their act, and it was hoped that such an affair would never be repeated. Wednesday night, however, some miscreants, for they...
...defacing of the Harvard statue and the chapel; its last exhibition has been even more foolish and dangerous. While England is being terrified by dynamite explosions, some men seized upon the idea that a little sensation of the kind would be interesting here. Accordingly, last week, a large cannon cracker was fired off at midnight in front of Matthews. As this did not produce the desired effect, another one was tied to a door knob in Thayer and went off, scorching the door, and covering the floor with burning wadding. The same day, a gentleman, while pouring coal...
...inmates of the middle entry of Thayer who rushed out of their rooms at half past eleven o'clock last Friday night with the thought that a tragedy was occurring in the entry, were disappointed. They found only the remains of a large common cracker which some gentleman with a keen sense of humor had exploded on the third landing...
Last evening the industrious inmates of Matthews were suddenly startled by the report of cannon fire-cracker placed at the foot of a tree near the dormitory by some laz student, probably, who has little consideration for the poor grinders" within...