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...poor little curate, who called the next day...
...rich, half-drawn curtains excluding the day...
Such being the case, two alternatives were open, - the class might definitely abandon all plans for any celebration whatever; or they might endeavor to reorganize themselves in a new way, and to offer to their friends some sort of entertainment which should take the place of the regular Class Day exercises of past years...
They based their opposition upon the ground that when the various hostile factions agreed to the class organization, which was formally ratified at the last class meeting, they also came to a tacit agreement that no one of them should take any steps towards organizing a Class Day celebration. This ground is perfectly fair. For any section to have stepped forward as a section, and to have endeavored to procure special privileges at the expense of others, would have been highly dishonorable. But a movement organized and managed by individuals who entirely dropped their sectional character, and acted simply...
...Monday last both the petition and the protest were presented to the Faculty, who, after considerable discussion, laid both upon the table. In all probability it will be impossible to organize any Class Day celebration whatever, and at all events a discontented faction has succeeded in stirring up anew all the ill-feeling that has been considered by unprejudiced observers to be singularly discreditable to the class...