Word: attendents
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...questions are contained on the card to be returned the first of which is "Do you want a Junior Prom" and the second. "Would you attend if there were one." Although an affirmative answer to the latter question is not to be considered a pledge, the class officers have appealed for careful consideration of it before signifying the preference, in order that the completed referendum may be a satisfactory test of the advisability of having a Junior Dance this year...
...main point in the argument of those who desire to dispose of the tradition, the figures of last year's Prom may shed light on the matter. Yesterday's editorial stated that the cost of a Prom is $3,000. Since 250 couples and 150 stages attended the dance last year if the price of tickets for couples and 150 stages attended the dance 1st year if the price of tickets for couples alone had been ten dollars instead of eight, there would have been no deficit. To attend a "Special Night" at a night club costs fifteen dollars...
...this old tradition" condemns itself, for much of the value of the dance lies in the fact that it is a tradition. Many who never attend any other college functions go to this one because it is a strong tradition and one worth observing. Since this is one of the few traditions still secure in spite of Harvard indifference, let us keep it so. Sincerely yours, F. B. Thurber...
...there be two dances the same crucial evening. Let the one be in Memorial Hall and the other in the Union. Let the general run of "representative" Juniors, attend the function in the festive atmosphere of Memorial Hall. Let those whom one likes to look upon as fellow-mortals gather together in the exclusive Union after due selection by a select committee of those "whose names are withheld by request...
Accepting Memorial Hall as the inevitable floor for the dance, it is interesting to note statistics of past dance committees on the cost and attendance of a Junior Dance. Three thousand dollars is practically the minimum figure. This means that to meet the expense three hundred couples at $8 a couple and 150 stags at $5 a stag must attend. Last year's dance, with probably more publicity than any previous affair, drew only two hundred and fifty couples and a hundred stags. Consequently the Committee lost money, even after a last minute attempt to reduce the expense to meet...