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| − | Trig Cremation was an annual ceremony in which math students would burn study materials in a large bonfire. It occasionally included a show, became increasingly violent until it provoked the administration's ire in 1902, and was held in a wide variety of locations. The tradition lasted between approximately 1877 and 1936 <ref>[http://findingaids.library.northwestern.edu/catalog/inu-ead-nua-archon-454]</ref> | + | Trig Cremation was an annual ceremony in which math students would burn study materials in a large bonfire. It occasionally included a show, became increasingly violent until it provoked the administration's ire in 1902, and was held in a wide variety of locations. The tradition lasted between approximately 1877 and 1936. <ref>[http://findingaids.library.northwestern.edu/catalog/inu-ead-nua-archon-454]</ref> |
==Usage== | ==Usage== | ||
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Part of Speech
Proper Noun
Pronunciation
[trihg / kree ‘may shən]
Description
Trig Cremation was an annual ceremony in which math students would burn study materials in a large bonfire. It occasionally included a show, became increasingly violent until it provoked the administration's ire in 1902, and was held in a wide variety of locations. The tradition lasted between approximately 1877 and 1936. [1]
Usage
This term was used by the undergraduate population, especially among those studying math, but is not used today.
Example Sentence
The Trig Cremation ceremony of 1895 parodied a then-famous novel
