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...Tyler, the President of the Advocate board, who was prevented by sickness from being present. The latter gentleman's duties as presiding officer were admirably performed by Mr. Sanger, to whom is due in large measure the success with which the occasion passed off. After singing "Auld Lang Syne" in the time-honored manner, the assembly broke up. We take this opportunity of expressing our gratification at the fact, frequently alluded to in the speeches of the evening, of the perfect friendship and good-will which have existed between the two papers during the past year, and to express...
...news from the Freshmen at New Haven, coming on top of the victory here, was too much for our elated fellow-students. About two hundred of them found relief in a "sing" in front of Hollis, winding up with "Fair Harvard," "Auld Lang Syne," and a mammoth ring around the yard...
...ancient and honorable society. The wit did not flag, the songs were sung with spirit and received with hearty applause, and the walk from Boston, in the early morning, was made pleasant by moonlight and invigorating air. Not materially disturbed by the attentions of officious "peelers," with Auld Lang Syne and a ring in front of University, the party broke...
...eloquent and imaginative in the direct ratio of the flight of time. Songs were interspersed and sung with a precision and effectiveness presenting a marked contrast to the earlier efforts of the year. The conviviality was kept up to a late hour, and with the singing of "Auld Lang Syne" ended one of the never-to-be-forgotten events of our college course. It is with pleasure that we record the fact that the company dispersed quietly and in good order, without any of those riotous proceedings which commonly mar the "finale" of such occasions...
...gave it. His friends wished to turn him from the error of his ways. Consequently, one day when at dinner and engaged in the recital of his favorite story, he was suddenly astonished by all beginning to sing, and his ears drank in the familiar melodies of "Auld Lang Syne," interspersed with occasional calls for a well-known dog named Tray. It is needless, perhaps, to add that he has not lately regaled his friends with that story. These, however, are only specific cases, coming under my own personal observation, and mentioned as illustrations. Every one is doubtless aware...