Word: customs
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...that the removal from the Dining Room, where we have always heard "Mandalay" in the past, will be most welcome. It is particularly fitting that this reading should be open to all members of the University, instead of to members of the Union only, as is the usual custom. Few of us may realize that this year marks the twentieth in Professor Copeland's services at Harvard. In that time, but particularly during the past decade, he has come into contact with an unusually large number of undergraduates in every class. Although no public recognition has, perhaps, ever been accorded...
...uncommon for a man to have several or all of his examinations in the first few days, and all his work is affected. Some years ago, one day for study was granted before examinations began, but with the great increase in the number of courses and students, this custom was abandoned to save time. It is proposed to restore this day for preparation, though many professors argue that the student should be well enough prepared to pass creditably without special review. However, in the rush of college life as it is, such a day for preparation would be a great...
...sincerely hope that this sort of "fun" will be omitted this evening. If an appeal to the members' sense of decency and regard for gentle-manly conduct (as opposed to the manners of a fourth rate boarding house) can have any effect, let us be free from a custom at once hopelessly childish and also capable of great evil to the College as a whole...
...Seniors, as they are being measured for caps and gowns (somewhat tardily we find), see anything in wearing this traditional academic costume but a pleasing novelty or a foolish tradition. But it is one of the significant customs which emphasizes the age of the College, like the sudden appreciation of the fact that Richelieu was still living when John Harvard gave his foundation fund for the school at "New-towne." Academic gowns originated in English law, for in the fourteenth century our ancestors in the universities at Oxford and Cambridge had apparently fully as varied, and as violent tastes...
...this idea has been taken up, but it ought to be carried farther. There are many men in a class who if called upon could give entertainments if not as well, certainly far more effectively than the hired professional. The only difficulty is that it is a hard custom to start. We also suggest that professors be asked in more, both as informal speakers, and as guests. This would serve a double purpose. As the only regular class gathering we think the Class Smoker should be enthusiastically supported, and we encourage all Juniors to make sure that they can attend...