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...city ordinance banning group singing in taverns is a surviving bit of Puritana among the laws designed to maintain the peace and quiet of Cambridge. It has produced the Harvard "singeasy," first-cousin of the "speakeasy," and an institution unique on the campuses of America...

Author: By Roy Fisher, | Title: 'Singeasy'; It's Absolute Nadir Of Harvard College Iniquity | 3/16/1951 | See Source »

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