Word: leader
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...BACON is leader of the Glee Club...
...Pierian Sodality have elected the following officers: President, H. J. Hapgood, '77; Vice-President, C. C. Shippen, '77; Secretary, F. W. Taussig, '79; Treasurer, A. Crocker, '79; Leader, L. B. Dean...
...apply themselves to the purpose for which the College was founded. One would think, from a priori reasons, that the representatives of a college would be its leading scholars. From experience, however, we know that such is not the case. And the consequence is, that instead of being a leader in discovery, invention, and opinion, the representative Harvard graduate of to-day is, as a general thing, a representative merely of a slight amount of culture and the most well-bred traits. He is able to pass a fair opinion in literature, art, and occasionally in science...
This soon brought matters to a head; the whole town broke out in revolt. The men assembled round an aged tree, called the Rebellion Tree, or the Charter Oak. Here they were taken command of by C. I. Washington. This leader is famous only for carrying a hatchet instead of a sword. The war raged violently for four or seven years, - accounts differ; during a battle in the town, Hollis Hall, one of the principal buildings, was burnt. The final battle was at a place that went by the name of "The Annuals." The government was completely defeated, and fell...
...informed that the burlesque to be given before the Pi Eta Society on the occasion of the Seniors' farewell contains several original airs by S. H. Jecko, leader of the Pierian Sodality...