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Word: scabbards (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1941-1941
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Under a huge tent, the sheriff of Middlesex County rapped three times with his scabbard, roared: "The meeting will come to order." While three undergraduate orators delivered their "parts," Lord Halifax took notes. Cried Senior Lemuel Serrell Hillman, of Grand Rapids, Mich...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Oxford Comes to Harvard | 6/30/1941 | See Source »

...accordance with an ancient custom symbolizing the historic ties between Harvard and Middlesex county, the High Sheriff, Mr. McEiroy, called the morning exercises in Sever Quadrangle to order, striking the paltform thrice with his scabbard. He announced "The Meeting will come to order." Dean Sperry then offered prayer, and the University choir, directed by G. Wallace Woodworth, sang...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TRADITIONAL CEREMONIES | 6/19/1941 | See Source »

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