Word: countermarching
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...championship of the South by beating Georgia 27 to 0; and one by the sportsmanlike action of Northwestern in conceding to Michigan the "Big Ten" title for which the two had tied. And in Manhattan, under a sky of pewter, with a brass band playing for the march and countermarch of little figures in grey and little figures in blue, the Army beat the Navy 10 to 3 in the game that ended the season...
...division and each division will be represented on the chief marshal's staff by two chief aids. The start of the parade will be at the Hotel Vendome and the column will pass over the following route: Commonwealth Av. to Mass. Av., Huntington Av., Dartmouth St., Commonwealth Av., countermarch at Arlington to north side Commonwealth Av., Dartmouth St., Beacon St., School St., Washington St., Elliot St., and disband at Park Square, after passing the chief marshal and staff on review. Eight brass bands and as many fife and drum corps will accompany the parade, while an abundance of red fire...
After the long countermarch on North avenue, which allowed the six divisions of the long procession to see a portion of what was ahead and behind them, the procession was reviewed by Governor Wolcott beside the Washington Elm, and by Chief Marshal John Read opposite the Soldiers Monument. After being reviewed the 500 Harvard men marched into the yard by the north gate, and after hearty cheers for Harvard, Marshal Borden and Band Leader Howard, dispersed...
...route of the procession will be from Third street, Cambridge street, Windsor, Harvard, Columbia, Lafayette Square, Massachusetts avenue, Lee, Harvard, Harvard Square, Brattle Sq., Brattle street, Craigie, Concord avenue, Bond, Garden, Linnaen, Massachusetts avenue to Cogswell; countermarch, Massachusetts avenue, Waterhouse, past Washington Elm to Soldiers' Monument. At the Washington Elm the procession will be reviewed by the Lieutenant Governor and the Mayor of the city; also by the Chief Marshal, on Garden street, opposite Soldiers Monument. All but military bodies will form and march in single ranks in sections of eight front if possible, but not less than in columns...
...follows: In the morning, literary exercises in Sanders Theatre, followed by the scratch races; in the afternoon, a university championship foot-ball game (arrangements not yet perfected); in the evening, a grand torchlight procession, illustrating the history of the university, followed by an illumination of the yard and a countermarch of the procession. The student anniversary committee gave the charge of the literary exercises into the hands of the two literary societies, the O. K. and the Signet. The order of exercises was determined upon by a joint committee of the two societies as follows: An oration, delivered...