Word: banquets
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...cannot help laughing. The "victorious" candidate has finished reading his thesis and the professors talk more Latin at him, examine him in his "Neberfaecher" (side-studies) and make him the happy possessor of a degree. There upon the whole party, professors as well as students, adjourn at a banquet given by the smiling neophyte in the ranks of profession...
...references to freshman exploits being received with howls of derision by the upperclassmen. This song leads to others, and long after the darkness has shut down on the city, the freshmen remain seated on their cherished fence, discoursing sweet music, till the hour arrives for going to the freshman banquet. Such is the reward they earn for defeating a Harvard team; may the next freshman class be forced to relinquish their fence and their laurels to Harvard...
Bonine, the "Michigan Mystery," on his return to the University of Michigan, was tendered a serenade, and afterward a banquet.- Princetonian...
After the game, the New York men entertained the Harvard team at an elaborate banquet. Saturday morning, Twombly, L. S. joined the team, and played in the tournament games, Peabody acting as field captain...
...congratulated on the success of their efforts in behalf of the students, as well as upon the very enjoyable dinner of which they have just partaken. We are sorry, however, that they did not see fit to follow our suggestion, and assess the cost of the banquet upon the entire body of members, instead of defraying the expense from their own pockets...