Word: tremeansburg
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...sophomore went to him in person, and persuaded Teal that he was a freshman. Teal was ordered to change the place of banqueting to a village named Tremansburg, because, as the '86 men said, there was danger in Ithaca from sophomores. More, other sophomores hired the Opera house at Tremeansburg and a minstrel troupe and brass band to act as waiters. When Friday morning came, Teal, acting on instructions, telegraphed to the real freshmen that he had missed the train and would not go to Ithaca till 9 P. M. This gave the '86 men time to get to Tremeansburg...
Meanwhile the supper was laid at Tremeansburg and an extra force of citizens sworn in as police to protect the solaced freshmen. These inoffensive looking young men arrived by the correct train and sat down to a very handsome supper, safely guarded from its real owners. For several hours the fun was kept up aided by music from the minstrels and band, and stolen toasts prepared by the unlucky freshmen. In particular, one which said that: "The class of '87 is the largest class that has entered the university for five years, and if every succeeding class is morally, mentally...
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