Word: customs
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...accordance with the annual custom in existence at the University, Seniors will begin wearing caps and gowns today and will continue to wear them every morning until 1 o'clock for the balance of the college year...
While admittedly a relic from a more spirited age much can be said for a custom of duelling among the litterati. The pen is perhaps mightier than the sword, but putting an opponent to his literary death in monthly instalments contrasts unfavorably with the joy of making one quick lunge which will silence him forever. And the latter is by far the more humane method, since it preserves the blasted litterateurs from a lingering death by starvation or an equally unfortunate turn to the plebian occupation of automobile salesman...
...accordance with the custom of the last two years, the department of physics of Harvard University has arranged three popular lectures, open to the public, on various topics in the field of physics which will be given on the first three Friday afternoons in May, as follows...
...doffing of helmets, this medieval precautionary measure has persisted to an age when it is usually unnecessary; the deliberate murderer nowadays shoots with his left hand quite as skilfully as with his right. And with the advance of medical science has come the knowledge that this apparently harmless custom is a dangerous spreader of disease germs. President Coolidge is doubtless acting for the health of the nation in refusing to tolerate an unsanitary practice...
...custom, both sides of the question, the exact wording of which will be announced later, will be presented by members of the undergraduate body. These members are to be chosen in the near future...