Word: affairs
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...still the Freshman class is showing a woful lack of interest in the preparation for this event. The main purpose, of the jubilee is to weld the class together, to inculcate a class spirit and friendly dormitory rivalry by the inter-mural singing. To make this part of the affair a success faithful practice for the next month is essential. The time to prepare is shorter than usual this year, and to make up for this an increased enthusiasm and willingness to help on the part of every member of the class is necessary...
...Control of transit is a vital function of every nation. To submit to foreign dictation is to abandon sovereignty. Moreover, the obligation of neutrality demands that Holland refuse any step which will be of direct gain to the enemy in its prosecution of the war. This side of the affair is clear, the laws of nationality and neutrality make the acceptance of the proposal impossible...
...decided unanimously at a mass meeting of the class of 1921 in Smith Halls Common Room last night that the jubilee, which has proved so successful in previous years, will be celebrated this season. June 1 is the probable date of the affair, which is the most important social event on the Freshman calendar...
President Faxon opened the meeting, and introduced as the first speaker J. K. Berry '18, a former jubilee committee chairman, who spoke on the aspect of the celebration from his own point of view. Berry emphasized the importance of the affair in bringing the class together as a unit, and developing class spirit...
...communications which were not published "were either anonymous, or written in a childishly flippant and comic-supplement style." The undergraduate body should know fully whether or not such letters are "signed and more than persiflage." And the undergraduate body is entitled to know the truth about the Advocate affair, even after the long and almost successful effort of one editor of the CRIMSON to keep it dark...