Word: tree
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...following plans have been suggested and will undoubtedly be brought up at the class meeting Tuesday: (1) modified "Tree" scrimmage, (2) shower of flowers from the "Tree." (3) rush around four trees back of University...
There will be a meeting of the Senior class, in Upper Mass., on Tuesday, at 7.30 o'clock. The questions of the Tree exercises, of the lengthening of the Class Day exercises to two or three days, and of wearing the cap and gown after the April recess will be decided...
...best schemes for the Tree exercises that will be proposed at the class meeting next Tuesday is to have the exercises back of University, where there is much more room. All the exercises can be carried out in the usual manner except, of course, the same tree can not be used. Instead, four trees, which are conveniently placed, can all have wreaths, thus avoiding the strong central pressure...
...large space would be of great advantage in executing the exercises, and in allowing unlimited seats at lower price. The four trees would make the scheme self-working. It would do away with combinations and the success of the rush would not depend upon the honor of four hundred students as the modified rush about the old tree does...
...that they are to decide, not for themselves alone, but possibly for future classes. A college custom once established, even if by a few classes only, is hard to break. The moral is, establish a good custom. Tuesday night the Senior class may "make history," so to speak. The Tree exercises are one of the chief features of the chief day of our college course. Let every Senior, therefore, spend some time, even if it be only a few minutes, in weighing carefully the various plans suggested, and in trying to come to some definite conclusion on the whole matter...