Word: throngingã
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...explain. “Fair Harvard” is a delightful hymn describing the excitement of Commencement day. The original language (“thy sons to thy jubilee throng”) indicates that students, admittedly male students, are “thronging?? to the “jubilee” of Harvard graduation. The easiest reading of the new verse presents an obvious grammatical problem: “We join in thy jubilee throng,” is essentially saying “we come together at your jubilee.” This complete statement then leaves...
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