Word: revolt
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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This soon brought matters to a head; the whole town broke out in revolt. The men assembled round an aged tree, called the Rebellion Tree, or the Charter Oak. Here they were taken command of by C. I. Washington. This leader is famous only for carrying a hatchet instead of a sword. The war raged violently for four or seven years, - accounts differ; during a battle in the town, Hollis Hall, one of the principal buildings, was burnt. The final battle was at a place that went by the name of "The Annuals." The government was completely defeated, and fell...
...college seem to be like certain childish diseases, some time or other they must come, and the name of "Rebellion," which a certain elm in the College Yard bears, reminds us of our own weakness. But this ought not to lessen the censure with which the leaders of the revolt should be visited, and we can only hope that before long the tone of our universities may be so far raised in the way of refinement and moral character that scenes like the above may no longer be recorded to our humiliation...