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Samuel Eliot Morison??€™s Three Centuries of Harvard, published in 1936, sheds light on the two instances—both centuries ago—in Harvard’s history where a president did cave to pressure from his constituents and resign...
...also a popular potent potable for other festivities as well during that time. In the late 19th century, it was traditional for freshmen to give a punch for the sophomore class. The elders would wear top hats for the occasion. According to Three Centuries of Harvard, Samuel Eliot Morison??€™s definitive history of the University, punch was even seen as a problem by administrators: “By 1838, Class Day (as it was already called) had become such an orgy that President Quincy warned the rowdy class about to graduate to abstain from punch and dancing...
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