Word: rite
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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CLASS DAY, or the mutilated affair which took the place of that ancient rite, was a success. The day itself was perfect, - no heat, no dust, no rain. The Seniors seemed to be bound that the quality of the amusement should make up for the quantity. The sensations in the morning were rather singular; sharing in expectancy of something to come, the missing of something that was not, and a general feeling of lie-on-the-grass laziness taking precedence of all other emotions. The average undergraduate discussed the chances of the match, the amount of money he was going...
FAIR Harvard! We come to the last sacred rite...
...most interesting features of the Annual Class-Day festivities is connected with the Class Tree; and it is one which is most liable to become a barbarous rite, through a misapprehension of its proper observance. The inappropriate rudeness and Bowery spirit which last year marked the Ring Rushes of the Sophomore and Freshman classes has caused more or less apprehension with the Class-Day committee this year; a repetition of such uncalled-for roughness is certainly the least acceptable way in which undergraduates can assist in the celebration of Seventy-Five's own day. The committee have asked Seniors...
...Omnibus rite...