Word: oldest
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Class of Nineteen Twelve, already famous for its Country Fair Convocations and Banana Nights, will eclipse itself at the full of the moon on Mayday by holding a great Barbecue in the Stadium. Never within the memory of the oldest goody has a Barbecue been seen at Harvard (Terry himself asked what a Barbecue was) and it is expected that the occasion will prove a Lone Star as it were on the Page of History. Roasted steers and loaves of bread will form the solid attractions...
...wish to call our readers' attention to the revival of the Elizabethan comedy "Ralph Roister Doister", which the Delta Upsilon Fraternity plays for the first time this evening. It is seldom we have an opportunity to see such an artistic production as we understand the presentation of this oldest of strictly English comedies provides. Although these revivals have been invariably successful in the past, they have not always received the support from the student body which they deserve. Not only are they valuable to the student of the drama, they furnish one of the most amusing and novel entertainments...
...department of Music, then gave an account of the beginning of the first orchestras in America and of the obstacles that had to be overcome. In view of these facts, the establishment of the Sodality as early as 1808 is all the more remarkable, and its position as the oldest college organization of the kind in the country is all the more dignified. Professor W. C. Heilman '00, of the department of Music, congratulated the Sodality on its success as an orchestra, since elsewhere organizations of pianists alone are common enough. L. G. del Castillo '14, conductor of the orchestra...
...most fitting that such a celebration should be arranged by the Memorial Society, which has already done so much to foster the spirit of tradition by having the names of the occupants of the rooms posted in the oldest Senior dormitories. We sincerely hope that the plan for the commemorative dinner suggested by Mr. Withington may be realized during the coming Commencement time...
Professor Diehl made a short preliminary address expressing his appreciation of the fact that he came as a representative of the oldest French university to the oldest university in America, and that he was to be so near Boston, the centre of culture in this country, after which he commenced the regular course of instruction. He opened with a general view of the subject to be taken up and dwelt at length on the reciprocal influences acting between the Orient and the Occident during the Crusades, and the especially praiseworthy influence of France. After an outline of the European settlements...