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...rear. Out over Beacon street they made their way, the band playing gaily, and the students cheering heartily. Meantime, in Cambridge, and especially near the square and along Harvard street, the crowds of men began to collect in expectation of the coming fun, many amusing themselves with firing cannon crackers and Roman candles. About eleven o'clock the long fool was beaten on a drum by some one near Beck Hall and colored fires onall...
...news of our victory over Yale was very enthusiastically received by the students who were about the yard Saturday night. Aportion of the Glee Club sang for an hour on the steps of Holworthy, and the explosion of cannon crackers, bonfires and cheering continued until quite late...
...however, to expect better work from its artist, Mr. Case, than the picture he offers us later on "Politeness as a Fine Art." The other pictures are fair, although we suggest to the artist who designed the illustration of the new Yale shell that he should have placed the cannon on the bow of the boat rather than on the stern. The two articles "So Benevolent," and "Our New Shell" are up to the average of college standard, but we fail to see the merit in that on "What do You Wear?" The arrangement of the reading matter, resembling that...
...waiting to hear three or four speeches they started to leave the hall. Dr. Ridpath who was presiding endeavored to stop them by locking the doors, but the freshmen burst them open and escaped. During the disorder, large fire crackers were exploded in the hall and later on the cannon were taken from the armory and fired repeatedly...
...Washington Elm. On the back is a picture of the old tree with its affluent branches, making a "cavern of cool shade." Below the roots of the tree is a pretty little scene representing a very wooden-looking soldier about to charge into the mouth of an innocent-looking cannon which protects a camp of wigwam-like tents. This book has a feature which many a freshman wishes could apply to his physics or analytics - it cannot be opened. Another interesting relic in the room is a plaster cast of Cromwell's face made from the mask taken after death...