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...boast of; but this is certain, that the rock of mutual mistrust and obstinacy they split on is still in existence for the next class to be shattered on, and it behooves Seventy-eight, if she wishes to keep up this time-honored custom of our fathers, to take warning. Already there is noticeable among men who hold a prominent position, both in the class and in the Faculty, an attempt to chill all ardor on this subject, with the hope that, being an unnecessary if not childish practice, unworthy of the consideration of men of mature judgment, Class...
...same coxswain will steer this year as last, unless something unforeseen occurs, in which case several very good men who have lately appeared on the river are ready to take his place...
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...
...sufficient number to organize some sort of an unofficial celebration, which should serve as a nucleus for spreads, and as a neutral meeting-ground, where the squabbles of the past six months might be forgotten. The representatives of certain sections of the class, however, did not see fit to take this petition in the spirit in which it was laid before them. For reasons best known to themselves, they declined to see in it anything more than a revival of the sectional feuds which it was really intended to allay; and, instead of coming forward to sign...
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...