Word: ciceronean
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Dates: during 1951-1951
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Students did refrain from chopping up the tables, but the second rule was not as well respected. Although white-tuxedoed waiters served, and string orchestras accompanied the evening meals, the dignity ended there. Gorging contests, in the finest Ciceronean style, were frequent. Students seemed to delight in scooping up fistfulls of sugar and waging pitched throwing battles during the course of the meal. The darker corners of the hall invariably echoed with the click of dice...
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