Word: customs
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Since so many men have shown a desire to take part in the plays this year, it has been decided to reproduce the custom, common among the classic French theatres, of tendering an ovation to Moliere after the performance of his play. M. Ernest Perrin, the coach, has composed some verses in honor of Moliere for this occasion. J. P. S. Harrison '09 will sing the opening couplets and all the members of the society will assemble on the stage to join in the chorus...
...Graduate Club for this year will be held this evening in the Peabody Room, Phillips Brooks House, at 8 o'clock. Professor F. G. Peabody '69 will address the meeting on the subject of "University Ideals in Germany and the United States." This meeting, as is the custom at the first meeting of the year, will be open to all members of the Graduate and Divinity Schools. Refreshments will be served...
...history, economics, English, music, natural sciences, elocution and commercial law. Technical subjects, like stenography, will be given by paid teachers, but the other courses will be conducted by volunteers from the University. One of the features is the preparation for the civil service examinations for the post office and custom house...
...that he was speaking in place of Head Coach Reid, who had been called to a Football Rules Committee meeting, described the composition, functions, and powers of the athletic committee. The rule debarring Freshmen from University teams, said Captain Foster, was made to prohibit as far as possible the custom of proselyting. This rule also makes class numerals and teams of much higher worth and quality than heretofore. Participation in athletics demands the keeping of good hours, and for this reason alone men should try for at least one team during their College life...
...close of each decade of its history it has been the custom of the Advocate to issue a book of the best verses from the numbers of the past ten years. Such a volume was brought out in '76, and another in '86. In '96 the book was a collection of stories. Today the fourth of the series will be issued from the press of Houghton, Mifflin & Co. This will be an anthology of verses from the Advocates of the past twenty years, and represents the best early work of such men as William Vaughn Moody '93, Bliss Carman...