Word: courtyard
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...came to the courtyard only to say "no," possibly influenced by a recent fiurry of anti-society essays in college publications. One junior sent a Skull and Bones tapper away with a crisp negative. He accepted the congratulations of two friends, telling them: "That was the toughest one to turn down...
...HAVEN, May 3, 1951--Yale passed through an annual emotional crisis this evening in the courtyard of Branford College...
Shortly before 5 p.m. close to 500 juniors field quietly into the courtyard. Above them society members, all dressed in sober grey flannels with black ties and gold tie, pins, took positions at Branford windows, ready to direct their tapping colleagues below...
...three minutes after five the courtyard grew rigid and still. A few seconds later someone in a Branford window clapped his hands, and immediately the men in grey flannels began their work...
...located and Bones shutters clattered. For the men left on the lawn, the disappointment was final but at least the tension was over Most juniors hurried off to their evening feed, while a few lingered on to watch the grey fiannel men parade, lock-step, from the courtyard. The society seniors marched out swiftly, saying nothing and looking neither to the right nor the left