Word: copey
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...many generations of Harvard students, Copey and Christmas have become almost synonymous. Shortly before the vacation recess each December, except last year when he was ill, Copey has given his Yuletide readings to Freshmen at the Union. This has been going on for twenty-six years now, and Copey's drawing power is growing greater with each year. It is not because he is the former Boylston Professor of Rhetoric and Oratory that Copey's annual rendition regularly attracts crowds of Yardlings; they can and do hear accomplished speakers almost daily! It is not because the selections he reads...
Perhaps it is because to Harvardmen Copey has come to be the embodiment of the true Christmas spirit, solemn, a bit musty, but soothing. The listener knows that if Copey had his way, Christmas would be snowy, with wreaths in the windows, and good fellowship everywhere. Even the young man whose Yuletide always has meant only presents and dances and eggnog is likely, under his spell, to see the advantages of Copey's way. Up on the platform, Copey must realize that fact, must sense it in the quiet appreciation which fills the room. That feeling, imparted to dozens...
...Copey's readings often contain a generous amount of humor, and have come to be a traditional event of the Freshman year. He hopes to be able to continue the annual readings until he has passed the century mark...
...though running dances and arranging to have "Copey" come down and deliver a Christmas reading are necessary functions for the newly named Committee, more important work awaits the more ambitious members of the group if they follow the example of the last two years...
...meet "Kitty, Copey, and Bliss" again in. "A Letter to Charles Townsend Copeland." To countless college men this poem will mean much; to the uninitiated, it may seem slightly nostalgic, and Mr. Hillyer, realizing the fact, chides himself for reminiscing too early in his life...