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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...those men who were chosen from our class to form the Freshman Jubilee Board have committed a grave error in selecting the date for the annual dance. As is commonly known, this is one of the largest social functions of our four years in college certainly the largest freshman affair. It is a function we all wish to attend yet in selecting May 17 as the date some 125 students will have to wave good bye to their chances of going. This is because the freshman track, baseball, lacrosse and tennis teams--as well as two crews--swing into action...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Day of Jubilee | 4/25/1929 | See Source »

...Senior dinner dance, which corresponds to the Senior Spread in the College, will be held this year in some Boston hotel. Dr. Charles G. Pike, who is in charge of social affairs at the Dental School, is handling this affair, together with members of the school who are giving the dance in honor of the Senior class. This dance will be held on Monday, June 17, the same night that the College Seniors convene in Memorial Hall...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: In the Graduate Schools | 4/24/1929 | See Source »

Given by C of the potent ABC nations of South America, the dinner was an important affair. Present were, among others, eight members of the Cabinet, four ambassadors, four Senators, nine ministers, four Congressmen, three Hoover secretaries, two admirals, the Mayor of Philadelphia, et al. et ux. The setting was magnificent-a patio with orchids, palms, exotic birds, tropical fish. The dinner was also notable in that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Mr. Gann Sees It Through | 4/22/1929 | See Source »

...give the affair a final news fillip, Joseph Edward Sheedy, executive vice president of the Chapman company, announced that the Leviathan and later the ten other U. S. Lines vessels purchased from the U. S. (TIME, Feb. 18), would sell liquor outside the 12-mile limit. To support his action, Mr. Sheedy advanced the opinion of the U. S. Supreme Court in Cunard v. Mellon, 1923, in which it was decided that the 18th Amendment applied only to the territorial waters of the U. S. for domestic as well as foreign ships. It is under this decision that foreign ships...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TRANSPORTATION: Wet Leviathan | 4/22/1929 | See Source »

With the engagement of two orchestras and the announcement of the list of patronesses, the work of the Freshman Jubilee Committee has progressed in preparation for the annual affair, which will be held in the Smith Halls Common Room...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PLANS FOR FRESHMAN JUBILEE ANNOUNCED | 4/22/1929 | See Source »

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