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During several trips to Paris, the writer has been often annoyed, and frequently amused at what seems to be a favorite indoor sport of the French people. At meal times in the restaurants and hotels at table, it seems to be a universal custom for some Frenchman to blow a loud blast upon his nasal appendage (regularly called "bugle" in the United States...
Children of families connected with the University, if accompanied by an older person, are invited to be present at the service on Friday afternoon at 4.30 o'clock, which will be open to the public. For many years it has been the custom to take a collection for the Cambridge Visiting Nurses' Association at the carol services. As usual, this collection will be taken at this year's services. It is hoped that members and friends of the University will take this occasion to contribute through the Chapel to this work...
...Harvard Flying Club plane will be in service throughout the winter, it was learned yesterday by announcement of I. T. Williams '30, the president of the club. This is a distinct departure from the former custom. Previously the club has dismantled the plane and transported it to Cambridge for overhauling during the winter; about April 1 the plane was reassembled and put into service once more...
...been pointed out before that the custom of Seniors spending the last year in the Yard is comparatively new. But for some reason there has been no mention of a new tradition, if it can be termed such, which, though having risen from purely individual desire, may be called a true precursor of the House Plan. The past few years have seen an increasing number of upperclassmen solve the housing concerns of their final year by remaining on the Gold Coast. This, to a measure much larger than is apparent at first sight, has been a contributing cause...
There should not be any great cause for regret in such a change, inasmuch as the practice of Seniors living in the Yard is of comparatively recent origin and not a custom hoary with age as is generally supposed. Traditions become weighted with seeming importance through their long continuance, but they should not be allowed to interfere with real progress. It would be absolutely incompatible with the purpose and spirit of the House Plan to expect Seniors who had previously spent two years in one of the Houses to break the associations formed during this time and herd together...