Word: customs
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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MUCH can be said against the custom of intercollegiate Freshman races, as well as for it. In the article in the last Advocate, the argument that these races were needed to awaken the boating interest of the class was dismissed with the assertion that the success of the new system was all that was needed for that purpose. The new boating system will undoubtedly be a great incitement to Freshmen, and more of them will row habitually than ever before. But this does not prove that from increased knowledge alone, such an interest in boating will be aroused...
...Andrews, who proposed as the first toast, "Our Alma Mater," and called on Mr. Samuel Sherwood to respond. Mr. Sherwood said that he hoped this would not be the only supper of which the class, as a whole, would have the pleasure of partaking, but that the custom would be kept up after graduation, and that there would always be a large representation of the Class of '76 on future Commencements...
...ancient Roman custom...
WHETHER or not the annual intercollegiate regatta, which is, as yet, nothing more than an experiment, deserves to be perpetuated as a custom, is a disputed question; but even if it should be answered unanimously in the affirmative, the advocates of the lately proposed system of literary contests still have their case to prove. The chief advantage of the regatta is said to be the increased disposition for physical work which it fosters in the minds of undergraduates generally, by bringing into popularity so healthy an exercise as boating. This it does in two ways, by encouraging rowing among those...
...have only to suggest, in addition to the proposed changes, that the English custom be completely followed, and the absurd rule abolished which prohibits bottled ale or porter at table. These tonics are positively needful to many of the students; and there can be little doubt but what it is better to drink these openly, and at the proper season, than surreptitiously in one's own room...