Word: tripped
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...effort which we sincerely hope will be successful is again being made to have the Faculty rescind the vote which put an end to the Christmas trip of the musical clubs. In that vote we believe the Faculty made one of its few real mistakes...
There are a great many arguments in favor of the Christmas trip, and few if any upon which the Faculty can reasonably abolish its continuance. It affords a number of men a chance to make during the holidays, when there is no college work to be done, an extremely pleasant and not uninstructive journey which they could not make at their own expense...
...prospect of the trip during the long months of rehearsal and preparation adds to the work of the clubs an incentive which makes all the difference between a mediocre and a highly successful organization. The visits of the clubs to the various cities on their route, too, is always the signal for a large reunion of old Harvard men and undergraduates, at which the loyalty of both to Harvard is deepened and strengthed. Not infrequently these visits have been the cause directly or indirectly of the formation of flourishing and influential Harvard clubs...
...Christmas trip in the past has had, it must be admitted, its objectionable features. But the penalty inflicted by the Faculty during the past year, and the sure prospect of its repetition in case of further offence, should be sufficient to end them...
...Musical Clubs will not make such an extended Christmas tour this year as usual; the trip this year will include concerts in the following cities: Baltimore, Washington, Pittsburg, Fort Wayne, Chicago, Rockford, Peoria, Davenport, Des Moines, St. Louis and Louisville. A concert will be given at the Sesqicentennial Celebration on Thursday night, October twenty-second. The preliminary trials for new men on all three clubs have been held but the names of the new men have not been made public...