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...approach that season of the year when it has been the custom for the American people to give thanks for the good fortune which the bounty of Providence, through the generosity of nature, has visited upon them. It is altogether a good custom. "Therefore, I, Calvin Coolidge, President of the United States of America, hereby proclaim and fix Thursday, the 27th day of November, as a day for national thanksgiving . . . "-a proclamation made at the City of Washington "in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and twenty-four and of the independence of the United States...
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This meeting is held in accordance with the custom of holding a gathering at the University on Armistice Day of each year to honor the University men who gave their lives for their country. Prominent men have conducted these memorial services each year since the close of the war. Last year President Lowell spoke to an audience that filled the chapel...
There will be a special Armistice Day Service in Appleton Chapel tomorrow morning at 8:45 o'clock. This meeting is held in accordance with a custom which has been observed annually at the University since the close of the war, in memory of the University men who gave their lives for their country. Each year these special memorial services have been well attended, and have been conducted by prominent men. Last year President Lowell spoke to an audience that filled the chapel. This year the morning prayers at the University on Armistice Day will be conducted by the Reverend...
Although it has usually been the custom in past years to hold the class smoker soon after the spring vacation, this year a more elaborate program is being planned by the Senior committee on Freshman Affairs, of which B. F. Rice Bassett is chairman. It is probable, therefore, that the class of 1928 will hold three smokers, two before the class officers are elected, and the regular smoker after the elections...