Word: customs
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...written by Alexander Bisson. This afternoon it will present the three one-act plays for the first and only time. On Friday evening, the season will conclude with a second performance of "Le Depute de Bombignac". This presentation of more than one play is a radical departure from the custom of the past, when but two performances of one play have regularly been given. This year a more elaborate repertory has been chosen to lend interest and variety to the performances of the Cercle Francais...
...order to conserve valuable time Secretary Slemp arranged that delegations calling at the White House should all be ushered into the room at once. The President then went from one to another and disposed of the entire number in ten minutes. This was the revival of a custom of President Roosevelt. ¶ Mr. Coolidge was made Honorary President of the American Olympic Committee; was made Honorary President of the Gorgas Institute of Tropical and Preventative Medicine; told a delegation from the National Motorists' Association, " the motor industry has raised people up and has given them an entirely new outlook...
...answer is this: by literally climbing on the second team, the varsity reaches victory. Tackling dummies, skull practice, and punting and passing are all valuable. But so long as "fight" remains the basis of football, the second team is indispensable. Furthermore, the accepted custom of "scouting" makes a spirited execution of the opponent's plays by the second team absolutely necessary...
...Past custom will also be continued when the Phillips Brooks House distributes 25 Thanksgiving dinners to the same number of needy families of Cambridge. The recipient families will be selected by the Cambridge Welfare Union...
Representative Upshaw is an evangelist by profession. During the Summer it is his custom to conduct "revivals" in one or more of the Washington churches. He believes that "common sense should be a big part in religion" and has been known to adjure the male members of his audience to "take off your coat if there are no holes in your shirt. So long as the weather remains warm I intend that no one shall suffer...