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...inquiring gaze of the gentlemen whose portraits have stared indifferently over the heads of several generations. For tonight, at least, decaying grandeur will be enlivened by a farewell feast. Rumor has it that Mem has splurged on turkey, the royal American bird, and invites all her remembering sons to dine with...
...intention of the management had been to make no particular plans for the closing meals in the time-honored dining hall. When it was learned, however, that scores of students who have not been regular patrons of the Commons intend to dine there this evening, Mr. Wing hastily decided to do his best to accommodate the unlooked for rush...
President Lowell, who expresses deep regret at the passing of Memorial, attributes it to an increasing habit of "eating about" at quick-lunch counters, cafeterias and the like. This is one of those explanations that need explaining. If it is true that civilized man cannot live without dining, it is doubly true that the hours of prandial relaxation have a peculiar value in undergraduate life. Dr. Lowell speaks of Memorial as a place where "men could meet together constantly, have club tables and get the advantage that comes in college life from association with a group of comrades around...
...White House: Dec. 18-Cabinet Dinner. Jan. 1-New Year's Reception. Jan. 8-Diplomatic Reception. Jan. 15-Diplomatic Dinner. Jan. 22-Judiciary Reception. Jan. 29-Supreme Court Dinner. Feb. 12-Speaker's Dinner. Feb. 19-Army and Navy Reception. The President and Mrs. Coolidge will also dine once each week with a Cabinet officer, beginning with Secretary and Mrs. Hughes and following through the list in order of seniority...
...host- a taller man of eloquent tongue, equally slender, with face even more austere, with clear-some said cold- eyes. The entering guest paused only a moment on the threshold. Then Bernard M. Baruch, Chairman of the one-time War Industries Board, close friend of Woodrow Wilson, entered to dine with Calvin Coolidge and presumably to discuss farm problems...