Word: converted
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...very simple, consisting of a dinner, an address, and the final fare well. As time passed, the celebrations became more elaborate. The dance around Rebellion Tree was started. Seniors began to entertain their friends with punch. Four years after the latter happening, the President found it necessary to convert the rejoicing into a "respectable entertainment." From then on the Yard was open to all friends of undergraduates. Ladies, young and old, were invited. It became customary to give spreads and there was much dancing in the Yard. The day was made doubly important to the Seniors, about this time...
...seems that at any time within five years after the declaration of peace, government insurance may be at an especially low rate, to any one of six forms of civilian policy. To convert it one must first renew it. And it may be renewed in either monthly or quarterly instalments by sending in a cheque with the blank which the Bureau sends for the purpose. As all premium rates are based on the age of the person insured, of course the sooner one converts into a permanent policy the cheaper it will be. Policies may not at any time...
...Premium rates will be based on the age of the insured at the time the conversion is made. For this reason it is well to convert your present insurance into one of the standard forms as soon as possible, in order to take advantage of the lower rates. Premiums which are paid up to the time of conversion merely cover the cost of the term insurance and have no cash value when changing to one of the permanent policies...
Hamilton Holt has said, in substance, that one cannot study international relationship without becoming a convert to the idea of a league. This is true. The importance of some of the international questions already decided by The Hague Court has been underestimated. Included among these are the right to fly the flag (Muscat Dhows case) and the very serious question between France and Germany relating to deserters at Casa Blanca. It is evident from some of the speeches in the Senate that there is lacking an adequate appreciation of the extent to which international co-operation for the settlement...
...more compatible with serious work than obtains in some other medical centres. We believe that the Graduate School, with good management, has a great future before it. But it has no endowment, and is wholly dependent on the fees of its students. It has been obliged to convert its Monthly Bulletin into a Quarterly. This Bulletin is a legitimate and desirable means of informing the medical profession of the country of the establishment of the School, and of its activities...