Word: suppers
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...class of '84, so noted for unusual actions, has just given a new sensation to the student community at Ann Arbor. On last Friday evening the freshmen met to indulge in the wild dissipation of a class supper, and to listen to the lofty eloquence of their chosen orators. At half-past nine about thirty couples had assembled, and all was in readiness for the evening's entertainment, when it was discovered that the president, orator and toastmaster were absent. Without these important functionaries nothing could be done, so all proceedings were blocked for about an hour, when, becoming anxious...
Notwithstanding that two of their brethren were in durance vile the freshmen went on with their supper. Much as they hungered for sophomore gore they hungered more for the already long delayed supper, and so, waging a war of words against the sophomores, they quietly submitted. Yet blood is in the air, and '85 will soon attempt to erase this stain...
...sophomore supper was held on the 19th of May, and passed off smoothly. About twenty-five couples were present...
...year by '83, who originated the custom. The Ithaca Glee Club, which has some very fine voices, and the Fiftieth Regiment Band, will furnish all the music necessary, in addition to that which the sophomores will themselves make. The programme includes a trip down the lake to Aurora, where supper is provided, and a ride back by moonlight. An invitation has been extended to the upper classmen, and doubtless many will avail themselves of this opportunity to repeat the pleasant experience of last year...
...hoped that every '83 man who possibly can will attend the class supper on next Tuesday evening. The junior year is, perhaps, the most opportune of any for such an occasion, and we trust that each one will lend his presence to make the approaching junior class dinner an exceptional success...