Word: torch
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...till today I do so for the last time. I am glad to have the opportunity to say to the gentlemen whom I meet that I have been well aware that they are as interested in the service as I am, and to help along, as we give a torch from hand to hand, the traditions of the service to you who are to sustain it now. The government of the University has entrusted the chapel service to the religious feeling and high purpose of the undergraduates. It is in perfectly safe hands there, for there are few men indeed...
...better several answers in strong support of our present cheer. The arguments or impressions of the writers are hardly interesting, except from what they say of the origin of the "Rah!" cheer, as follows: "In 1864 the college turned out, probably for the first time, in the campaign torch-light procession in support of Lincoln. On that occasion, in order to have a designating cheer, the 'Rah!' was adopted. Probably it had been known in college before, much as the CRIMSON cheer is known here now. Perhaps it originated in the custom of cheering the name of every...
...torch of Harvard's hallowed plain...
forced to content themselves with a sandwich or two for dinner. This was but a poor preparation for the fatigue of the torch-light procession, and is a strong argument in the favor of establishing a decent restaurant here in Cambridge...
EUGENE R. SHIPPEN,For the Committee.The last chance to obtain a torch or uniform will be from 8.30 to 9.15 and 1.30 to 2.15 today at Dane Hall...