. Epitome: Yearbook 1896. derable sums. It was with the idea of eliminating the above draw-backs and making this celebration oneof the social events of the week, that the committee from the class of 96 decided to abolishthe parade and substitute for it a promenade concert. Their labors were rewarded by a brilliantsuccess, and no one who was present on that beautiful Saturday evening can ever forget thealmost fair\-like appearance of the Campus, lighted by myriads of Chinese lanterns and gracedby scores of our sisters in bewitching summer costumes, while the sweet strains of musicfloated out on
. Epitome: Yearbook 1896. derable sums. It was with the idea of eliminating the above draw-backs and making this celebration oneof the social events of the week, that the committee from the class of 96 decided to abolishthe parade and substitute for it a promenade concert. Their labors were rewarded by a brilliantsuccess, and no one who was present on that beautiful Saturday evening can ever forget thealmost fair\-like appearance of the Campus, lighted by myriads of Chinese lanterns and gracedby scores of our sisters in bewitching summer costumes, while the sweet strains of musicfloated out on the night air. During the half-hour intermission the Sophomores adjourned to the old tennis courts andcremated the old demons in the regulation style, with songs, speeches, and dancing around thepvre. The experiment of 96 proved to be an entire success, and her committee deserve thethanks of the college for the innovation and the establishment of a custom that will probablylast as long as the walls of old Packer Hall. 58. of tie Ckj5 of 96. fic^ig^ (ymtjemfg CamipuB, ^afurbo^ (geemng, 3unc Ibf^, 1894- ^B^WO years ago, a little band of men, some two hundred strong, was enrolled/^ at Lehigh. The officers were all strangers to the men. The route for^^^ the march was pointed out. It was long, dusty, and filled with wonder then that the weary troops should gaze covetously on therich, verdant fields and the broad, pleasant highways, leading, they were told,but to destruction ! What wonder that some who, as militia, had enlisted for butthree months, should wander off at will! What wonder that others shouldmount the steeds left along the roadside by troops now in the vanguard! Allthis they did ! The militia at the end of three months were discharged. Theunskilled cavalry, unable to manage their steeds, were thrown and then disratedby their officers. There is no need to describe the march. The long, hot, dreary road ; theconstant skirmishing ; the looked-for yet dreaded
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