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...Schurz torchlight Parade...
...Grand Torchlight Parade...
...pent-up enthusiasm of the Republicans now found vent in a mammoth torchlight demonstration. In the evening the column was formed in the upper entry of the main dormitory, and shortly afterwards the line of march was taken up through the principal corridors of the building. Each young lady was provided with a candle, and a-well, no, not a "black bottle," but a bottle of salts, let us say. The procession was loudly cheered at various points on the route, and it was thought that the affair was to pass off without a jar, when suddenly, as the chief...
...Williamstown one evening last week, the Democrats had an enthusiastic rejoicing with speeches, torchlight parade and fireworks. After the procession started, two hundred Republican students commenced blowing horns, hooting and otherwise disturbing the procession. The parade stopped in front of Professor Perry's house and he attempted to speak. The students started a yell and drowned his voice. The cavalry in the procession then charged the students and drove them away. One old man flourished a revolver, but it was taken from him. Finally the procession moved off quietly.-[Herald...
...freshman cries for justice. The idea that the details of the torchlight rush have been presented solely from a sophomoric point of view fills his ardent soul with envy and he calls aloud that his deeds may be set forth in undying print for the benefit of posterity and humanity in general and the edification of himself in particular. How the fence went down before the mighty onslaught of the '88 warriors, how the sophomore braves Lacked sand to begin the fight after the time-honored custom, how many of the latter were bareheaded on their return to the classic...