Word: insurrectionism
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In the middle of the 1700's, the food served in the College dining rooms produced notable discontent among the undergraduates, then a gentlemanly and tasteful lot. In 1766, this dissatisfaction incited Harvard's first real insurrection, the Great Butter Rebellion. Prompted by the serving of sour butter which President...
But the Peace and Quietness lasted for only two years. The Great Rebellion of 1768, like the first insurrection, was incited by the College food and lasted for nearly a month. The riots were now more violent but even more unsuccessful. Penalties were generally severe, though the feeling that the...
In 1819, a fight between freshmen and sophomores raged in the dining hall for several hours finally developing into open revolt when several of the participants were suspended. For the second time, students met under Rebellion Elm and made demands on the College. The entire sophomore class resigned but returned...
Home & Headquarters. The insurrection began on Friday, holiest day of the Moslem week, and in the midst of Ramadan, the month when good Moslems fast every day from sunup to sundown and tempers are everywhere short. Army trucks and tanks were already rumbling through the streets when at 9:30...
Privilege Abused. Taking his own steps to restore order, Betancourt last week suspended constitutional guarantees of assembly and free speech, imposed radio and press censorship, suspended the right of habeas corpus and privacy of the home. More than 300 known enemies of the regime were rounded up. And Venezuela'...