Word: gladden
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...last Seventy-seven has left us. No poet in melodious lay has sung, no orator in rounded periods has eulogized, her proud achievements. Her departure has been signalized by few of those time-honored festivities which gladden the heart and weld in indissoluble bonds youthful friendships. We cannot blame her disunion; it was but the revolting of a noble soul against the contemptible electoral machinery which has latterly crept stealthily even into college politics. We grieve at her misfortune, but we rejoice at her nobleness. It is with feelings of the deepest sadness that we bid farewell to this class...