Word: custom
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...University crew management has received definite word from New Haven that the Yale crew will be able to row on June 30. The usual custom will be followed in holding the Freshman eight and the University four-oared races on the morning of the University eight-oared race. No definite provision has been made for a contest between the Freshman fours, as that has always been considered unofficial, and a race between the graduate eights, though undoubtedly they will be rowed...
...suggestion has been made by members of the Junior class that the exclusive assignment of rooms in three Yard dormitories to members of the Senior class would be a more valuable custom if men were allowed to apply in larger groups than at present. Under the existing rules a preference is given to applications made by groups of four, and the most desirable rooms are secured on these applications. It is believed that if these groups could be increased to twice or four times that size, or if groups of men were allowed to take up an entry, the real...
...central thought of the pageant is derived from the custom of tree worship practiced by the ancients. Starting with the crude and superstitious worship of the early Norsemen, the practice is followed down through the ecclesiastical history of the various tribes and peoples that inhabited Europe before the time of Christ, and finally ends with the springing into life of our own Christmas tree. The program will be divided into two parts. In the first, groups of people representing the different nationalities of the ancient world will appear, each group carrying its national tree of life. Dancing and acting representing...
Following the custom of the past two years, preference in the allotment will be given to Seniors, and any men living in these buildings at present who will not be Seniors next fall must give up their rooms; but those men from 1911 who have rooms in these buildings now will be allowed to renew their leases...
...Appleton Chapel can not be made after only a two weeks test, but the attendance yesterday and the Sunday preceding has been most encouraging. In every way the service has gained in dignity; the participation of the President of the University is an entirely appropriate revival of an old custom, which obtains at Yale and in many of our neighboring colleges. The change in the composition of the choir is also to be commended. The remodelling of the interior of the Chapel has been carried out in such a way that all the artistic possibilities of the building are realized...