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...inaudible, owing to the uproar. The ceremony of capping, performed by the lord justice general, as chancellor of the university, was the signal for a tremendous burst of cheering. The noise and confusion continued during the remainder of the ceremony; and on the part of the occupants of the platform the proceedings were carried through in dumb show...
...apparent to all, excepting, possibly, the recipient himself, that the honor is conferred upon the office and not the man. It will indeed be a curious sight to see a man who has expressed a desire to hang all Harvard professors occupying a seat of honor upon the platform on commencement day, and we have no doubt but that many, both within and without the State, will find the spectacle highly entertaining...
...there was a band concert on the campus, and at 4 P. M. the outdoor class tree exercises began. A small platform had been erected on the sloping ground of the campus, and the audience were grouped in front on settees and chairs, while the four classes, marching in cheering, were seated on the grass directly in front of the speakers. Two addresses were made by members of the class, and then came the "address to undergraduates," a composition much after the style of our "ivy oration," and abounding in witticisms and sly personalities and local hits. The class tree...
...chose for his subject "William Lloyd Garrison," his oration being a review of the same question from a Northern stand-point and a vindication of the anti-slavery movement. Fifteen years after the bitter conflict has closed students from the opposing sections defend, on a New England college platform, each his own side of the conflict, and the faculty of the college, as loyal during the war to the Union as any body of men in the country, divides the prize between them. An incident trifling but significant. - [Waterbury, Ct., American...
Political slate for 1884. - For President, Oscar Wilde; for Vice-President, another like him. Expenses to be paid from barrels of both Republicans and Democrats. Platform-Tariff for the True and Beautiful only. - [Yale News...