Word: lighting
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...question has been raised why the route of the torch-light procession does not lie in Boston? Why the students should not accommodate their Boston friends by visiting that city instead of simply marching through provincial Cambridge? We need only say in the first place that the procession was not originated as a form of amusement for the inhabitants of any particular section, and in the second place that to transfer the scene of the celebration to Boston would render the whole occasion ridiculous. Here the college was founded, here should its foundation be celebrated. Any idea which regards...
There will be an important meeting of Marshals of the torch-light procession in 8 Holyoke House, Monday evening...
...behalf of the university returned loyal thanks to the Emperor for his kind patronage of the celebration, and to the Pope, who honored the occasion by several valuable gifts to the scientific department. In the evening the alumni and guests repaired to the Castle, which was all aflame with light and splendor. The old drawbridge was a bower of evergreens; the courtyard was as gay as flowers and banners and bands and electric lights could make it. Passing through the low-arched passage that leads to the promenade, we come upon a scene of revelry which we shall not soon...
...morrow at 12 o'clock, the books now at Leavitt & Pierce's and the Co-operative store to receive the names of those students who wish to participate in the torch-light procession will be removed. In order to make the procession a success befitting the 250th anniversary of the college, it is absolutely necessary to have a larger number of students march than have ever done so heretofore. For some inexplicable reason the list of signatures from the classes of '89 and '88 are much smaller than in the two lower classes. We understand that there are some...
...meeting of the freshman class yesterday afternoon, Mr. J. P. Hutchinson, '90 was elected Marshall for the class in the torch-light parade in place of Mr. V. M. Harding, resigned...