Word: decorums
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...cases that have arisen under similar statutes in other states have been relatively trivial. For the most part they have involved disturbances of religious meetings. In a religious meeting, the standards for decorum, of course, are higher than at a political meeting. Therefore, these cases are only a loose guide to the "customs and usages" of a political gathering. Even in a church, however, certain protests have been held to be a legitimate exercise of free speech even if they interrupted the service...
However, for anyone who bothers to make that trip to New Haven during the calm before the storm, the heavily charged political atmosphere is obvious, despite the courtroom decorum, mostly enforced by Seale and Huggins, partly out of pragmatism and partly out of a grudging respect for Judge Mulvey, who seems to try very hard to maintain his high standards of criminal justice and yet to make them fit this unusual case...
WHEN the Crimson Executive Board got together in 1903, you can bet they observed strict decorum. President Franklin D. Roosevelt '04 (top row, third from left) made sure his boys didn't bring women along. He kept the dress standard high, too: black tie, celluloid collar, and gold Crimson medal were de rigeur...
...changed since then. Women have been members of the staff and executive boards for nearly twenty years. Dress and decorum have loosened up a little. The Crimson medal has gone the way of the Great...
...changed since then. Women have been members of the staff and executive boards for nearly twenty years. Dress and decorum have loosened up a little. The Crimson medal has gone the way of the Great...