Word: tree
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...been suggested that some tree in the Yard be selected for future Class Day exercises. In years past very few of the guests have had the pleasure of witnessing the interesting struggle for bouquets, because the accommodations have been so limited. The Yard can be cleared preliminary to these exercises, and then ample room will be afforded all, to whom it properly belongs, to see what hitherto has been open to comparatively few. We commend the suggestion to the class...
...Under the Greenwood Tree...
...ambition's sake. Vaux lingered in England until her marriage with Prince Albert put an end to his wildest hopes, and then returned to his native land. Among his many gifts was a splendid voice; and the old ballad of "I'll Hang My Harp on a Willow Tree" was composed by him, she being the heroine of the plaint...
...general comeliness of the Yard. Therefore with all due reverence for the conservative spirit of our University, I would suggest that while the footsteps of reform are seen pressed lightly in our College paths, they may be directed for a moment towards this object; and that the objectionable tree may be removed...
...there were any historical associations connected with it; if the Pilgrims upon landing had taken up their quarters in Grays, and had planted this tree that there might be something fresh and modern in the neighborhood to relieve the antique barrenness of their abode; or if Mr. G. Washington, the only and original father of his country, had, while his troops were encamped in the College buildings, been seized with a severe attack of his monomania, and had gone to whittling the tree or otherwise mutilating it with edged tools; or if the early College presidents had been...