rebellion of that year.

And roared as loud as he could yell,
"Come on, my lads, let us rebel!"

* * * * *

With one accord they all agree
To dance around _Rebellion Tree_.
_Rebelliad_, p. 46.

But they, rebellious rascals! flee
For shelter to _Rebellion Tree_.
_Ibid._, p. 60.

Stands a tree in front of Hollis,
Dear to Harvard over all;
But than ---- desert us,
Rather let _Rebellion_ fall.
_MS. Poem_.

Other scenes are sometimes enacted under its branches, as the
following verses show:--

When the old year was drawing towards its close,
And in its place the gladsome new one rose,
Then members of each class, with spirits free,
Went forth to greet her round _Rebellion Tree_.
Round that old tree, sacred to students' rights,
And witness, too, of many wondrous sights,
In solemn circle all the students passed;
They danced with spirit, until, tired, at last
A pause they make, and some a song propose.
Then "Auld Lang Syne" from many voices rose.
Now, as the lamp of the old year dies out,
They greet the new one with exulting shout;
They groan for ----, and each class they cheer,
And thus they usher in the fair new year.
_Poem before H.L. of I.O. of O.F._, p. 19, 1849.

RECENTES. Latin for the English FRESHMEN. Consult Clap's History
of Yale College, 1766, p. 124.

RECITATION. In American colleges and schools, the rehearsal of a
lesson by pupils before their instructor.--_Webster_.

RECITATION-ROOM. The room where lessons are rehearsed by pupils
before their instructor.

In the older American colleges, the rooms of the Tutors were
formerly the recitation-rooms of the classes. At Harvard College,
the benches on which the students sat when reciting were, when not
in use, kept in piles, outside of the Tutors' rooms. When the hour
of recitation arrived, they would carry them into the room, and
again return them to their places when the exercise was finished.
One of the favorite amusements of the students was to burn these
benches; the spot selected for the bonfire being usually the green
in front of the old meeting-house, or the common.

RECITE. Transitively, to rehearse, as a lesson to an instructor.

2. Intransitively, to rehearse a lesson. The class will _recite_
at eleven o'clock.--_Webster_.

This word is used in both forms in American seminaries.

RECORD OF MERIT. At Middlebury College "a clas