Word: customs
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...been the custom for several years past for some one from the Alumni Office to interview the members of the Senior class in the interest of the Harvard Bulletin. Mr. H. W. Jones '85 will soon come to Cambridge for that purpose. The work of the Alumni Office is of a very important character and is supported largely by the Bulletin. It is, therefore, the duty of every Senior to cooperate as far as possible with Mr. Jones and to give this work his heartiest support...
...custom shall prevail...
...clock, Saturday, May 20, will close tomorrow. The meet will consist of the regular track events with the exception of the two-mile run, which will be omitted. In the field events the 12-pound hammer will be substituted for the 16-pound hammer, as is the usual custom. Gold, silver and bronze medals will be given to winners of first, second, and third places, and the team scoring the greatest number of points will hold for one year, the cup presented by Harvard graduates and members of the Boston Athletic Association. In addition, the Harvard Athletic Association will present...
...been the custom for several years past for some one from the Alumni Office to interview the members of the Senior class in the interest of the Harvard Bulletin. Mr. H. W. Jones '85 will soon come to Cambridge for that purpose. The work of the Alumni Office is of a very important character and is supported largely by the Bulletin. It is, therefore, the duty of every Senior to cooperate as far as possible with Mr. Jones and to give this work his heartiest support...
Perhaps there is no saying more trite than that a custom or habit once firmly established in a community is apt to continue unnoticed long after it has become, in the opinion of outsiders, an unmitigated evil. Equally evident must be the fact that of all communities a large college would be the last place where such a situation could exist for any length of time. But in dealing with the delicate subject of undergraduate honor, we feel that an abuse, the seriousness of which few suspect, has flourished in our midst far longer than any excuse can justify...