Word: customs
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...same day another new Ambassador presented his credentials to King Vittorio Emanuele III. He was M. Jurenev, Ambassador of Soviet Russia. Jurenev with all the members of his staff, imitated the absurd American custom of wearing full evening dress as a diplomatic uniform. He drove to the Quirinal Palace, received a salute from an honor guard, "entered the throne room, engaged in 20 minutes of cordial conversation with the King...
...Custom is, the public shall never know who wins the squash racquet tournaments at the Racquet and Tennis Club, Manhattan. But custom yielded last week to surprise. A man, 50 years old, won the tournament. Not for 19 years had he held the club championship. His name is Clarence Hungerford Mackay. His job is President of the Postal Telegraph and Commercial Cable Company...
...first Smoker of the Freshman class will be held at 6.45 in the Living Room of the Union on Wednesday April 9. It has formerly been the custom to hold the Smoker after the spring vacation, but this year in order to avoid the crowding of the annual entertainment, the Smoker, and the Jubilee it has been decided to advance the date...
...traditional custom of the Harvard Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa may be resumed this year according to an announcement made last night by G. G. Dolphin '24, undergraduate secretary of the organization. A spring dinner, held in May, with such elaborate preparations as the appointment of special orators and poets for the occasion, was the custom for years until it was given up during...
...president of the University was the principal speaker at these dinners and prominent men were always present. Dolphin said that a revival of this custom this year will be quite likely if enough support for the plan is found among the members...