Word: custom
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Colonel H. Anthony Dyer of Providence roused the congress to a high pitch of religious fervor by speaking of the French custom of reserving the sacrament on the altar and indicating its presence with a red light. Said he: "No matter how beautiful is the building, no matter how eloquent the words of the preacher, a church cannot give us the feeling of reverence without the presence of the red light...
...college undergraduates, and even young graduates go out of an afternoon and play the game by themselves, with or without being organized as a team, and under their own leadership? That is the way in tennis, and baseball, and other sports, and used to be the custom with football, even when there were no intercollegiate football matches. And that was the way in hockey when young graduates used to play organized teams until the extra-mural game got into the hands of professionals, forcing amateurs to drop...
...season approaches when in accordance with a long established and respected custom, a day is set apart to give thanks to Almighty God for the manifold blessings which His gracious and benevolent providence has bestowed upon us as a nation and as individuals...
...institution of smoking will be continued at tonight's meeting as has been the custom since it was begun three weeks...
Sixty of the 73 musicians who are journeying to Princeton today are having their face paid by the University. Contrary to the custom in past years, no collection has been taken up for the Band among the student body, and the 13 men who are above the quota of 60 fixed by the H. A. A. will be sent to the Nassan jungle by the Band itself, all its members contributing equally...