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Citizen Hunefeld had reason for his early morning haste. Twice before had he proudly led the public line into the White House for the New Year's Day Reception (a custom originated by President John Adams in 1801) and now he almost ran to be again the first at the White House gate on Pennsylvania Avenue...
...best humor President Hoover watched the ridicule pile mountain high. Then he made a speech which, by custom, was not reported. Other speakers: New York's Mayor James John Walker, Wisconsin's Senator Robert Marion La Follette...
Tradition and custom over a long period of years have seemingly decreed that the Harvard College Christmas Holidays shall extend from December 23 to January 2 inclusive. But the fallibility of tradition has been brought to light in a striking fashion this year when the second of January falls on a Thursday, making it compulsory to attend classes on the Friday and Saturday directly after the holidays. To some this is perfectly reasonable, as enough classes meet in those days to make the return to Cambridge worth-while. But to those who are reading in all courses save...
...accordance with their annual custom of keeping open house to Harvard students on Christmas Eve, President and Mrs. Lowell cordially invite all students in the University to be their guests on Tuesday evening from 8 until 10 o'clock...
...idealists who place the House Plan before unwilling eyes must realize that its success or failure rests on the simple and prosaic custom of eating. Their decisions will be awaited with interest, because it means either regimentation or freedom, and paternalism or "laissez faire". The ultimate disposition of fraternities and clubs, moreover, cannot be solved until more illuminating information is forthcoming as to what the dining halls will actually mean. Until this much-anticipated illumination assumes definite shape, discussion appears to be nothing more than abstract the-orizing, which will conveniently occupy any free afternoon...