Word: schurz
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Schurz torchlight Parade...
...Wednesday evening, Oct. 22, that evening made memorable by the heroic endurance of 300 Harvard men under a pelting rain of two hour's duration, the brass band never flinched from its duty. It had agreed to escort Carl Schurz and the Harvard delegation, and that agreement was kept, even at the cost of a thorough soaking of the swell new uniforms, there worn for the first time. The next evening the band paraded in the Republican torchlight procession in Melrose. A barge conveyed the twenty-five members to Melrose and back, taking an hour and a half...
There are a few costumes left over from those worn by the Law School company in the Carl Schurz procession on Wednesday evening, which we shall be glad to sell to the Blaine and Logan club at a reasonable figure...
...following letter has been received by the Chief Marshal of the "Harvard Contingent" in the Schurz escort on Wednesday evening...
...Dear Sir-I am instructed by the Chief Marshal of the 'Schurz Escort' to express to you and through you to the members of the University his thanks for your determination in parading under such adverse circumstances last evening, and to congratulate you upon the most excellent showing made by the different divisions of your command. It is intended to have an Independent Division in the procession of the 29th. Can you not arrange to join us and become the feature of the division...