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-The Grand Tribunal was a student-led mock court, comprised of junior and senior students, with the purpose of enforcing the behavior first of sophomores, then of first-years. While the true origins of the Grand Tribunal have been lost to history, this tradition of underclassman hazing dates back to at least the early 1840s. +[{{:img_8782.jpg?400 |Grand Tribunal broadside featuring coffin, tombstone, and skulls and crossbones iconography, 1861. Photo Credit: Student Scrapbook, Trinity College Archives}}]
  
-[{{::screen_shot_2022-07-08_at_11.36.14_pm.png?350 |The Grand Tribunal's official seal. Photo credit: Trinity College Archives}}]+The Grand Tribunal was a student-led mock court, comprised of junior and senior students, with the purpose of enforcing the behavior first of sophomores, then of first-years. While the true origins of the Grand Tribunal have been lost to history, this tradition of underclassman hazing dates back to at least the early 1840s. 
  
 The court was led by a Grand High Chancellor, who presided over the sessions. Sophomores who were suspected to have been involved in misconduct were brought in front of the court for judgment. The validity and seriousness of the group are uncertain, considering the court sometimes went over a year without meeting. However, the court was seen as practice for the real world of law, and students involved in it held a status similar to that of a modern-day student government officer. Even faculty members were involved, acting as a type of police during court sessions. The court was led by a Grand High Chancellor, who presided over the sessions. Sophomores who were suspected to have been involved in misconduct were brought in front of the court for judgment. The validity and seriousness of the group are uncertain, considering the court sometimes went over a year without meeting. However, the court was seen as practice for the real world of law, and students involved in it held a status similar to that of a modern-day student government officer. Even faculty members were involved, acting as a type of police during court sessions.
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-[[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1003&context=w_books|History of Trinity College]] (1967) by Glenn Weaver, pp. 103, 161-162, 218-219.+[[https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.34547613|History of Trinity College]] (1967) by Glenn Weaver, pp. 103, 161-162, 218-219.
  
  
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