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...found difficult to master, there was general rejoicing at its destruction, although everything was conducted with a great show of solemnity. The students composing the funeral procession began to assemble about eight o'clock in the evening of the day appointed, all wearing caps and gowns; the coffin containing the doomed book was borne by six pall-bearers, who were effectively, though perhaps somewhat inappropriately dressed in costumes of red flannel with tails attached. The procession marched from its rendezvous at some point in the city out to the college grounds to the solemn strains of the dead march. Torches...
...Coffin, '85 imported the first tennis set ever seen in DesMoines, Iowa...
...Jefferson Davis." The vote on the merits of the question, taken by secret ballot, resulted strongly in favor of the negative, by a vote of more than two to one, The principal disputants were, affirmative, E. A. Hibbard, L. S., G. P. F. Hobson, '86; negative, N. E. Coffin. '85, F. E. E. Hamilton, '87. The speeches of all these gentlemen were very able, and at times eloquent, and no better debate from the principal speakers has been heard this year than was listened to last evening. The vote on the skill of argument of these disputants...
...last meeting of the Union will be held this evening. The question for debate will be "Resolved, that the full rights of citizenship should be given to Jefferson Davis." E. A. Hubbard, L, S., and Hobson, '86, will support the affirmative, and Coffin, '85, and Hamilton, '87, the negative...
...year will be held on May 27th. At this meeting the question of debate will be, "Resolved, that full rights of citizensnip should be given to Jefferson Davis." The disputants will be E. A. Hibbard, L. S., and G. P. F. Hobson, '86, affirmative; and N. E. Coffin, '85, and F. E. E. Hamilton, '87, negative...