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| By 1872, the Class Ivies covered the walls of all three campus buildings. The final class to plant ivy on the old campus was in 1876, even though the buildings were slated for demolition. | By 1872, the Class Ivies covered the walls of all three campus buildings. The final class to plant ivy on the old campus was in 1876, even though the buildings were slated for demolition. |
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| Like some other traditions that originated from the "old college days" on College Hill, the planting of class ivy fell by the wayside during the 1880s-1890s. It was replaced with a tradition of planting a Class [[elms|Elm]] in 1884. "The planting of the tree is not an innovation," stated the //[[tablet|Trinity Tablet]]//, "but rather a continuation of one of Trinity's oldest and most hallowed customs, that of planting the ivy on Class Day." At the 1884 Class Day ceremony, William Stanley Barrows, Class of 1884, spoke of the elm tree as a symbol "distinguished from the ivy," and "the suggestion of allowing the pliant vine to grow up with the elm was voted down by the class, staid old bachelors that they were, on the ground that it symbolized too much. The class was resolved not to allow their natural freedom to be entangled by any such accessions." ((//Trinity Tablet//, July 1884, p. 77)) The elm tree was, Barrows said, symbolism aside, a great place under which the class could reunite in 25 years. | Like some other traditions that originated from the "old college days" on College Hill, the planting of class ivy fell by the wayside during the 1880s-1890s. It was replaced with a tradition of planting a Class [[elms|Elm]] in 1884. "The planting of the tree is not an innovation," stated the //Trinity Tablet//, "but rather a continuation of one of Trinity's oldest and most hallowed customs, that of planting the ivy on Class Day." At the 1884 Class Day ceremony, William Stanley Barrows, Class of 1884, spoke of the elm tree as a symbol "distinguished from the ivy," and "the suggestion of allowing the pliant vine to grow up with the elm was voted down by the class, staid old bachelors that they were, on the ground that it symbolized too much. The class was resolved not to allow their natural freedom to be entangled by any such accessions." ((//Trinity Tablet//, July 1884, p. 77)) The elm tree was, Barrows said, symbolism aside, a great place under which the class could reunite in 25 years. |
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| [[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/w_books/4|The History of Trinity College]] (1967) by Glenn Weaver, pp. 109, 148, 184. | [[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/w_books/4|The History of Trinity College]] (1967) by Glenn Weaver, pp. 109, 148, 184. |
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| //[[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/tablets/229/|Trinity Tablet]]//, 07/02/1884, p. 77. | [[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/tablets/229/|Trinity Tablet]], 07/02/1884, p. 77. |
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| //[[http://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/tablets/84|Trinity Tablet]]//, June 1874, pp. 81-83. | [[http://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/tablets/84|Trinity Tablet]], June 1874, pp. 81-83. |
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