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...Oration, Cheering, Song by Glee Club, Presentation of Class Banners to the Freshman Class, Singing of "Fair Harvard," Confetti Battle...
...occasion at which the Seniors joined the 'vast body of alumni,' handing over to some representative of the Freshman class the traditional banner. Last year both of these simple portions of the exercises were slighted. Aside from the speeches, the most whole-hearted part of the afternoon was the confetti, or better grass battle in which a siege of pink paper concluded a somewhat incomplete occasion. It was with difficulty that a Freshman was found to accept the time-honored banner...
...Yard among us, and pause to stare at Holworthy 14. Families have come, fiancees have come, the girl from Cotuit last summer has come, sight unseen they have come. There is music, and silence, and darkness, and a great light, and a throb, and a happy laugh. There is confetti and a band, and tall gentlemen in reds, and blues, and even whites. There are prayers and poems, and songs, and hymns and odes. They will not weep for Adonais...
...various spreads have made it difficult for a number of men to accommodate their relatives at this time; the difficulty is now obviated. With the Stadium exercises moved forward from 4 to 5.30 o'clock, guests may proceed without delay from the scene of ivy, hay, gowns, and confetti to Eliot and Lowell Houses, where there will be supper and dancing before the Instrumental and Glee Clubs' concert later in the evening. In dispensing with the services of a band, the committee has wisely departed from a tradition which had its origin when such music was the only entertainment available...
...Lima, Peru, Mardi Gras revellers, unable to afford confetti, threw maize, rice, water, flour, soot...