Word: yard
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...been suggested that, if the results of today's contests are in Harvard's favor, each man in the yard illuminate his room by lighting all the gas burners and drawing aside the curtains...
...disturbances in and about the college yard on the nights of May 17th and 19th make it necessary for the faculty to define the limits of permissible demonstrations on occasions of college rejoicing...
They do not object on such occasion to cheering, to music, or illuminations by lanterns, gas, or Bengal lights in the yard, or to fireworks on Jarvis or Holmes field, provided that all demonstrations cease by eleven o'clock P. M. They object to and forbid bonfires, horn-blowing, and noisy or dangerous fireworks...
They request the students to consider whether the safety of the library and other university buildings, the rights of the people of Cambridge, and the desirable privacy of the yard were sufficiently regarded on the nights of the 17th and 19th. They invite the co-operation of all students in enforcing the abbey-mentioned restrictions...
...most profane; the Ensign, the best story teller, and last, but not least, the Boatswain, the most obscene. When the senior parts were announced and the happy recipients of parts filed to the president to receive them, the navy formed the guard of honor and escorted them about the yard with a band and all the officers rigged out in full naval regalia. The members of the club who had received parts were compelled to resign amid the most ludicrous ceremonies, and the unfortunate (?) ones stood up one after the other and addressed the crowd, while a man concealed...