Word: custom
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...become a custom to give a book to members of the House, not on the House committee, who have been especially helpful in running House affairs...
...hygiene the first half of every year, when he has devoted all his evenings to groups of Freshmen. Such an undertaking as this required considerable courage to institute, and a remarkable balance of understanding and humor to carry on successfully. It is to be hoped that this custom will not end now that its originator is leaving...
...Bruce, having read the Speech, finally departed and Speaker Hipel for the first time took the Throne, henceforth during this session the Speaker's Chair. By an old Ontario custom, not observed in England, the Premier then traditionally symbolized the Legislature's sovereign rights by ignoring the Speech from the Throne for 24 hours. To fill in the time, Legislators debated the same cut & dried bill which is never passed, a measure "respecting the administration of the oath of office to persons appointed as justices of the peace...
Aside from a family dinner last night, where he cut the first slice of his birthday cake, Mr. Kittredge passed the day with no especial break in his routine. As is his custom, he refused to give any interviews to the press. During the afternoon, several of his close friends called at his home, 8 Hilliard Street, to pay their respects...
...this country, long distances prevent a pursuit of the first custom mentioned; tradition does not support, and practical politics does not permit, the election of students to Congress. The use of petition remains. And if Hearst-harried haters of internationalism may deluge the Senate with anti-World Court telegrams with such decisive effect, I submit to the learned editors of the CRIMSON that, under current circumstances, it is most poignantly the "province of students to involve themselves in governmental affairs...