Word: buttons
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...request the University authorities to establish the week beginning with the first Monday in April as the regular Easter vacation. If the change is made, it will not go into effect before the spring of 1915. The motion to allow any except the Senior class to have a class button was defeated. The movement in favor of such a button was started by the Sophomore class some time ago but it is thought that the custom should remain a distinct Senior tradition. An amendment to have the Freshman president a member of the Nominating Committee of the Student Council...
Three years ago the Class of 1914 decided that it would have a Freshman class button, but the Class of 1911 nipped the decision in the bud by claiming class buttons as a Senior prerogative. About three days ago the class of 1916 decided to have a Sophomore class button. If the suddenness of the decision is a fair measure of its rate of consummation, there is danger that a protest will be too late. But, trusting that the project has been delayed over Sunday, the CRIMSON wishes to state certain arguments against...
...first place, if Sophomores are to have buttons, there is every reason why Juniors and Freshmen, too, should have them. Then, with everyone running about with a class emblem in his lapel, the useful simplicity of the present distinction of the class button will give way to bewildering and fruitless intricacy. Fancy the effectiveness of class buttons when they require more than a mere glance to be distinguished...
Scattered Senior buttons appeared unexpectedly yesterday, but any surprise at seeing them so suddenly was soon routed by pleasure at finding them so attractive. The ingenuity of the device and its simplicity reflect much credit to the designers. All that now remains to make them a complete success is their appearance on the lapel of every Senior in College. A Senior, class button is a little thing, but it can do a lot for class unity...
Designs for the 1914 class button must be handed in today to C. H. Crombie '14, at 45 Winthrop street, before 7 o'clock. All designs should be drawn in india ink on bristol board and should include the class colors, orange and black...