Word: tripping
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Much interest has been occasioned by the recent petition of the University Glee Club for a western trip during the Christmas holidays. The Faculty forbade the trip last winter, but it was hoped that this year the vote might be reconsidered. Yesterday afternoon, however, at their regular weekly meeting, the Faculty voted not to allow the trip this year...
...possible that a new petition will be put before the Faculty for a shorter trip, to include the small cities of New England and New York City...
...petition regarding the trip of the Hasty Pudding Club was not brought up at yesterday's meeting...
...said that if the music was of a higher and more serious nature there would be less objection to the trip. But this objection is founded upon misconception of the true object of a college Glee Club. If our graduates wish to listen to classical music they will seek professional musicians. Men engaged in the serious work of life go to a Glee Club concert to renew their relations with their Alma Mater and to live over, to some extent, their college days. If the concert does not satisfy this desire it is a failure. To demand, therefore, that...
...graduates everywhere desire that the club should visit them, and the undergraduates, so far as I have been able to ascertain their sentiments, are unanimously in favor of the trip. It is to be hoped that the Faculty will not totally ignore their wishes in the matter...