Word: program
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Dates: during 1884-1884
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...faculty of the college forbade the performance, notifying all students connected with it that they would be expelled if their intentions were carried out-that they could take their choice, and be either men or monkeys. The students decided to give the performance notwithstanding these threats, and the program was carried out. A meeting of the faculty is called to decide what action will be taken in the matter. Considerable interest attaches to the affair, as it is thought the faculty will not back down from their threat, but that the students will be expelled...
...students plant trees and shrubs about the buildings. Thus, in course of time the surroundings of their study hours will be shaded with groves of trees and clumps and hedges of bushes and perennial flowering plants. Attending the ceremony and friends of the students and usually an elaborate program is carried out. Music and speeches are indulged in. The trees are selected with great care that the chances of dying may be small, and when they are planted are named or friend. The idea of such a general tree planting is peculiar, but it is done to impress the young...