Word: tree
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...informal party for the cast had been held for some time before the curtain was due to rise, so that the players had ample opportunity to acquire a stock of artificial good cheer. When the curtain arose disclosing the 'picture'--hero on a tree, cast kneeling before him on the ground, their plight soon became evident. The hero fell headlong from the tree and lay prone upon the stage, and when rescue came, it was found that the chorus was sound asleep to a man. The curtain redescended immediately...
...administration did its best to supress these outbursts. Faculty resolutions would be passed to examine the problem. students would be expelled. But nothing seemed to work untill the Great Rebellion of 1834. It was during May and June of this year that the Rebellion Tree had its greatest glory. President Josiah Quincy severely punished many students for this disturbance--he expelled all but three from the Sophomore Class. This fact alone may explain the subsequent lack of any serious outburst against the administration. More probably, however, students realized they could never hope to surpass the epic struggle of those...
...case, The Rebellion Tree spirit vanished forever from the College after the summer of 1834, eventually followed by its symbol as well. Pogo riots, football rallies, or Radcliffe raids are this generation's poor substitutes...
Student retaliation was instantaneous. As Harvard historian Samuel E. Morrison puts it, "The 'black flag of rebellion' was hung from the roof of Holworthy... The juniors, led by Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar, voted to wear crape on their arms... and hanged Quincy's effigy to the Rebellion Tree...
...impossible to continue the rebellion any longer. It was over. And with it, the Rebellion Tree--including the spirit for which it stood--passed into history...