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 ====== Lemon Squeezer ======
-[{{ :33120276.jpg?direct&400|The lemon squeezers as they appeared in about 1948. Left to Right: the Delta Phi (I.K.A.) Squeezer (1948), the 1914 Squeezer, the 1857 original Squeezer. [[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1922&context=reporter|Dating by Robert Morris, Class of 1916.]] Photo Credit: [[https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.33120276|Trinity College Archives]]}}]
+[{{ :33120276.jpg?direct&400|The lemon squeezers as they appeared in about 1948. Left to Right: the Delta Phi (I.K.A.) Squeezer (1948), the 1914 Squeezer, the 1857 original Squeezer. [[https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.31526079|Dating by Robert Morris, Class of 1916.]] Photo Credit: [[https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.33120276|Trinity College Archives]]}}]
-The Lemon Squeezer is a tradition begun in 1857 in which a graduating class presents a physical lemon squeezer to "that Class, still in college, whose aggregate excellence in scholarship, moral character and the qualities requisite to popularity was the highest." The receiving class was then given stewardship of the lemon squeezer until their graduation, when they chose the next class they felt deserving. It didn’t take long for a spirited rivalry to build between classes, leading to brazen theft and cross-campus chases, with substitute squeezers stolen and replaced and re-stolen countless times. The last true lemon squeezer presentation occurred in the mid-1990s, when the original 1857 squeezer disappeared from history once again.
+"Mythical in the extreme yet a living reality,"((Trinity Tripod, 11/17/1905)) the Lemon Squeezer is a tradition begun in 1857 in which a graduating class presents a physical lemon squeezer to "that Class, still in college, whose aggregate excellence in scholarship, moral character and the qualities requisite to popularity was the highest."
+The receiving class was then given stewardship of the lemon squeezer until their graduation, when they chose the next class they felt deserving. It didn’t take long for a spirited rivalry to build between classes, leading to brazen theft and cross-campus chases, with substitute squeezers stolen and replaced and re-stolen countless times. The last true lemon squeezer presentation occurred in the mid-1990s, when the original 1857 squeezer disappeared from history once again.
 ===== History =====
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 In 1949 the credit is given to Niles, who "developed a passion for a lemon squeezer which he used," ((The Trinity Tripod, 12 Oct 1949)) and in 1954 it is stated that the students "chose as a symbol of merit a wooden lemon squeezer, which in those days was a common household utensil." ((Trinity Tripod, 28 Apr 1954)) In a way, the symbol is similar to the selection of the [[bantam|bantam as mascot]].
-The award was announced prior to each Class Day, presented at the Class Day exercises and then secured -- sometimes by police escort, to a safe location, such as a downtown bank vault or hidden place on campus; finally, there was the Lemon Squeezer supper. The lemon squeezer was first "stolen" by the Class of 1867, as they felt skipped over when the Class of 1863 announced it would be presented to 1868. Finding the squeezer missing, members of the Class of '68 saw a notice on a bulletin board alerting them to the culprits: "FOUND THE LEMON SQUEEZER! Enquire of '67." The Faculty intervened and recovered the squeezer. Following, the Class of 1868 had a formal celebration at 15 [[brownell_hall|Brownell Hall]] which included songs and speeches, including one titled "Go In Lemons," a popular "go get 'em" encouragement in the 1860s. For decades, the lemon squeezer presentation followed in this way.
+Originally a formal affair, a "Lemon Squeezer Presenter" was nominated by committee as one of the Class Day officers. The squeezer was presented at the Class Day exercises and then secured -- sometimes by police escort to a safe location, such as a downtown bank vault or hidden place on campus, and was followed by the "Lemon Squeezer Supper."
+The lemon squeezer was first "stolen" by the Class of 1867, as they felt skipped over when the Class of 1863 announced it would be presented to 1868. Finding the squeezer missing, members of the Class of '68 saw a notice on a bulletin board alerting them to the culprits: "FOUND THE LEMON SQUEEZER! Enquire of '67." The Faculty intervened and recovered the squeezer. Following, the Class of 1868 had a formal celebration at 15 [[brownell_hall|Brownell Hall]] which included songs and speeches, including one titled "Go In Lemons," a popular "go get 'em" encouragement in the 1860s. For decades, the lemon squeezer presentation followed in this way.
 However, tradition was broken when Arthur R. Humphries, Class of 1904, received the squeezer from the Class of 1901 and took it to his home in New York City. There it remained hidden for 50 years. As such, the "lemon squeezer presentation" had no physical handoff until 1914, when Joseph H. Ehlers, Class of 1914, presented "a large, aged-appearing lemon squeezer" to Ronald E. Kinney, Class of 1915, who immediately spirited it away, and continued the tradition of  "simply announc[ing] the winner of the award rather than presenting it publicly to the class of their choice." ((Trinity Tripod, 09/15/1981)) Though there have been subsequent replacements and imposters, adding to the collection of squeezers in the Archives, the 1857 and 1914 are the most prominent originals.