Word: customs
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Freshman lacrosse team will play its second game of the season against the Boys' High, of Brooklyn, N. Y., on Soldiers Field this afternoon at 3 o'clock. According to the usual custom, class numerals will be awarded at the end of the season to those who play in this game...
...ready, the printers were close in collecting their bills, and subscribers were lax in payment. Many times the editors went down in their own pockets for an advance guarantee, that the next issue might appear. Not until 1879, indeed, were these conditions bettered, when a campaign of soliciting custom for advertisers put the paper on its feet...
...order to insure the success of the Senior and Freshman class pictures today the observance of two customs is absolutely necessary. First, every Senior should not only make sure to be present, but he should also wear his cap and gown. In past years Senior pictures have been taken with a large number of men in plain clothes. As long as custom calls for the wearing of the academic costume, all who come to the picture should conform to the unwritten...
Secondly and equally important is the custom of the financially decrepit Seniors begging a few humble pennies from the generous Freshmen. The object of this Freshman philanthropy is one of the worthiest met with in a college career--it is the Senior Picnic. Let every member of 1916 come to the steps behind Memorial Hall with his pockets well filled with small change to help give the Seniors a last grand party...
Today we expect to see the whole senior class appear in their time-honored caps and gowns. To give this venerable custom a good start it is essential, first that the officers set the example, and, secondly that the rest of the class join with them to usher in the annual custom with a whole heart. If but a few Seniors appear in this unusual costume, they feel conspicuous; if all the Seniors appear in it, they feel almost impressive. After all it is an impressive custom, this wearing of the cap and gown in the last few weeks...