Word: picnic
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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This morning at the mystic hour of 8 o'clock the Seniors will gather in front of Holworthy Hall to go on their annual picnic. In spite of the protests of many years the morning will be made hideous by the blowing of horns and other instruments of torture, and everyone in Cambridge will know that the Seniors are off on a tear. While decent people are trying in vain to sleep, the members of the class of 1909 will receive a mug and a horn from the window of Holworthy 9, and will have their picture taken under...
...Commercial wharf, the Seniors will board the old King Fillup, that hoary veteran of many a picnic, and proceed to Nantasket where the great festival will take place. Various sorts of athletic sports will be indulged in; baseball, track and swimming teams will disport themselves, and the thirsty ones will attend to their own divers business. A special feature this year will be the presence of a number of gentlemen of color, who will endeavor to dodge any missiles which the Seniors may wish to throw. A hearty feast of sea-food and fruits in season will be then consumed...
Owing to possible delays on account of the picnic on Tuesday, the time for the closing of Senior applications for Class Day tickets of the second set, has been extended to 6 o'clock on Wednesday. CLASS DAY COMMITTEE...
...well understood that whenever tickets are put on sale for any class function, by far the greater part are bought on the last day of the sale. But even this state of affairs cannot fully explain the small number of tickets purchased so far for the Senior picnic. This annual jaunt takes place next Tuesday, and as a legal holiday and absorbing athletic days intervene before that time, we are taking this occasion to remind the Seniors of the advisability of buying tickets at once...
...been said by members of former graduating classes that the Senior picnic was one of the most enjoyable features of the life of the class. We cannot vouch for the truth of this statement, but it would seem that this occasion, if participated in by the majority of the Seniors, could be made vastly entertaining. It is the one time of a college career that a class ventures en masse to the sea-shore to disport itself to the best of its ability for a whole day. Let not the occasion be made a failure by the absence...