Word: carnifex
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...effigy representing Legendre, the mathematician. Every now and then when the spirit moved them they groaned dismally until their destination was reached. Then they gathered round the funeral pyre and listened to a gag poem which was recited by the Harnspex of the class. He was followed by the Carnifex who offered up the burnt sacrifice and then the figure of Legendre itself. As the last semblance of the hated mathematical Gend was lost and the effigy was only a mass of ashes, the whole throng of happy sops broke forth into joyous shouts and then separated to go home...
Legendre being thus disposed of, Carnifex, personated by Edmund A. Wasoon, delivered an oration in honor of their triumph, taking all the glory of the victory to themselves...
...will be a band of music, while a wagon, carrying an effigy of the "vanquished foe" will bring up the rear. Ambrose D. Henry will be the imperator of the evening; a poem will be read by the haruspex, J. Foster Jenkins, Jr., and J. H. Ward, Jr., the carnifex, will deliver the oration. These exercises will be held on the college campus, after which the students and guests will march to the American Institute building and enjoy the convivium until morning...
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