Word: odes
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...occasional Ode, Fair Harvard, written by the Rev. Samuel Gilman, of Charleston, S. C., was then sung...
...Signet. The order of exercises was determined upon by a joint committee of the two societies as follows: An oration, delivered by Mr. F. E. E. Hamilton, '87; a poem, read by Mr. F. S. Palmer, '87; an address to the undergraduates, by Mr. E. J. Rich, '87; an ode, read by Mr. L. McK. Garrison, '88. The Pierian and Glee Club will take part in the exercises. A joint executive committee was elected as follows: Chairman, Winthrop Wetherbee. Geo. A. Morrison, Geo. P. Furber, Geo. P. Baker, E. J. Rich, S. H. Smith. A chief marshal and chief usher...
...FRIDAY.Class Day Exercises. Prayer by Rev. A. P. Peobody, D. D. - Oration by John McKinstry Merriam. - Poem by Alanson Bigelow Houghton. - Ivy Oration by Hammond LaMonte. - Ode by Thomas Parker Sanborn. Sanders Theatre...
...whole, is not as good as in former issues. Mr. H. E. Fraser's lines, In the Night, although not always smooth and musical, show much purity and simplicity, and their genuineness more than atones for any lack of polish. Mr. F. S. Palmer's verses in his Ode to Herrick, are more musical and better tuned. They cannot fail to stir a genuine lover of Herrick. Mr. A. B. Houghton's Ballad of Pleasure Seekers, though far above the average of college verse, is not, we think, quite up to the standard of his former work, in spite...
...south rooms in University, and listen to a religious service conducted by their own chaplain (a member of the class). They then marched in procession to the president's (Wadsworth) house, and escorted him to the chapel (Holden) where were prayers, oration, poem, and class ode, as now. The class supper was usually the same night, at some hotel in Boston. Class Day was the last day of the term. The vacation of six weeks commenced at once, and Commencement came immediately after vacation. There had gradually grown up, however, by the side of Valedictory Day a new custom...