Word: scraps
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...cheering will be continued as in the old exercises, and the singing also, although the scrap will have to go entirely. Instead, however, of a scanty amount of singing as heretofore, the 'Varsity and Freshman Glee Clubs will be present, near the statue, and together, in order that the volume of sound may be greater, and will alternate with the cheering in singing Harvard songs suitable to the occasion. Seniors will be expected to help out in the singing, as well as in the cheering. Toward the end of the exercises, some prominent graduate, standing to the right...
There are some points which do not seem to me to have been explained, either by the Class Day Committee or by your editorial, and they are, the reasons of the Corporation for wanting us to leave the old Tree and for not wanting a scrap. As I have talked over this matter a number of times with a member of the Corporation, perhaps I can express their views. In the first place they considered the scrap a brutal proceeding, one that was thoroughly inappropriate for Class Day which is a fete day when there are a crowd of ladies...
...making these changes it must not be supposed that all the features of the old exercises will be abandoned, for, although the scrap will have to go entirely, the cheering and singing will be continued. Instead, however, of a scanty amount of singing as heretofore, the 'Varsity and Freshman Glee Clubs will be present, near the statue, and together, in order that the volume of voice may be greater, will alternate with the cheering in singing Harvard songs suitable for the occasion. Seniors will be expected to help out in the singing as well as in the cheering. Toward...
...arrangements for the Tree exercises. First, to lower the flowers about the Tree; second, to wear ordinary street clothes instead of football suits; and, third, to reduce the seating capacity about the Tree from four thousand to three thousand seats. As a result of the first two changes the scrap was almost entirely done away with, since the wreath was so low, and the costumes so unsuitable for roughness, that the men in the first rows about the Tree had little difficulty in getting all the flowers...
...view of the dullness entailed by these forced changes, and in order again to restore to the exercises the lively interest occasioned by a real scrap, the committee applied to the Corporation to allow the flowers to be raised again and the Seniors to wear sweaters. The request was refused and the committee was told that the exercises, if continued at the old place, would have to be held under exactly the same conditions as last year. The committee was also told by members of the Corporation that, on account of the rapidly increasing size of the classes...