Word: custom
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...authentic clue to the exact date of John Harvard's birth was found until recently, when research students discovered the following record in the baptismal files of St. Saviour's Church, Southwark, England: "1607, November 29, John Harvye, S. of Robt., a Butcher." Since it was the custom in the churches at that time to require the baptism of a child three days after his birth, the Memorial Society, which each year holds commemoration services, decided in 1910 to fix November 26 in the year 1607 as the correct date of the birth of John Harvard...
...members of the University are cordially invited to attend on these occasions. As has been the custom, they will be held each Friday afternoon in December, January and February, with the exception of the Christmas recess and the mid-year examination period...
...Workshop will be the only representative of thespian activities in the University this year, inasmuch as the Dramatic Club is to make no production. Plays will be presented by the shop at scheduled intervals during the season, as has been the custom in former years. The casts will be selected from members of the organization, and most of the plays produced will be written by those who are taking one of Professor Baker's courses in Dramatic writing...
...under his arm. Once safely inside your room he will open that parcel and bring forth anything from cigars to winter suitings. Taking you into the closet he will whisper in your car that he has just come from Cuba or Canada and has managed to get by the custom officials. He wants to go to Chicago and must raise the money immediately. Much as it displeases him he realizes that he must sell his treasures. Since they didn't cost him much in their native land he is willing to sacrifice them without gain. As you try a smoke...
...triangular debate with Yale and Princeton will be held this year as usual. Contrary to the usual custom, however, an attempt is being made to hold it in December, instead of in March. Details of this will be announced later. Men who wish to enter this debate will find themselves greatly handicapped unless they try for the interclass teams next Tuesday...