Word: columbus
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...following statistics have been compiled showing that of the seven leading eastern colleges Harvard gives the fewest number of holidays. These holidays include the summer vacation of 1912 and the holidays during the academic year of 1912-13. Harvard is the only college to observe Columbus Day. Four colleges, Harvard, Columbia, Brown, and Pennsylvania observe Washington's Birthday as a holiday. Memorial Day is observed by Harvard, Columbia, Dartmouth, and Brown. Of all the colleges Dartmouth and Brown are the only ones granting a mid-year recess toward the end of January. For the second time in her history, Princeton...
...December 21, Springfield; December 23, Philadelphia, Pa.; December 26, Louisville, Ky.; December 27, Cincinnati, O.; December 30, Reading, Pa.; December 31, Washington, D. C.; January 1, Baltimore, Md.; January 2, Brooklyn, N. Y. December 24, 25, and 28 are at present open dates. It is very probable, however, that Columbus, O. and Toledo, O. will be added to the list of cities. For the other date the city desired has not yet been determined upon. In each of the cities included, the local Harvard Clubs have shown great enthusiasm in arranging to entertain the members of the clubs and have...
...Columbus Day. A holiday in all departments of University...
President Taft stands for our present forms of government; Theodore Roosevelt '80 advocates direct legislation. Many of the men who have been closest to the ex-president and who greatly admire him personally have found it impossible to subscribe to the doctrines of his Columbus speech. We owe Mr. Roosevelt a great debt for awakening the public conscience in this regard to the illegitimacy of many large fortunes. But the reforms which are necessary can be accomplished best if they are enacted by a conservative representatives body, rather than in the heat of popular passion. The conservatives of the country...
January 29.--Columbus...