Word: formality
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...middle of term-time, would provide the closer touch that is needed. And it would not only be of advantage to the alumni, but might help the students, as well, to understand the changes that are occurring unconsciously around them. The day would not need to be a formal occasion; the more informal it were, the greater its usefulness. And it would not need to be very largely attended, as long as a representative group of alumni took advantage of it. Merely the idea that a particular day was set aside to welcome them, and that the college...
...debate this year will be carried along on a less formal basis than in previous meetings. This recent tendency will be shown in a modified procedure, as well as in the direct appeal to the audience. Each speech will be fifteen minutes in length, with the exception of that of the first man on each team, who will be given ten minutes for his main speech and five minutes at the close of the debate to sum up the arguments of his side and to refute those of his opponents...
...keynote. It the audience is to render the decision according to its attitude at the close of the debate, the speaker must not only present a logical case, but must do so with that conviction which only his belief in the cause he advocates can produce. The formal rebuttal following the main speeches could often be prepared ahead of time; but informal rebuttal preceding the speech necessitates rapid, logical thinking on the platform. The statement of the society that a debater should speak only in support of his own convictions is more important as an expression of the goal...
...Freshmen are being received in to fellowship of classes by some such welcoming process as a pole-rush, tug-of-war, or cap-burning. Though lacking those familiar methods, Harvard has a substitute that serves in a somewhat similar capacity. The election today is in its way a formal recognition of the coming-of-age of the Freshman class. It is a reception at which the Class, Personified by its voting, presents itself to the rest of the college, and discloses it tastes and its character. If it goes to the polls en masse, showing a vigorous interest...
...those for whom it was particularly intended, coming late, were turned away. Professor Rand, besides being a classical scholar of the highest honor, is known as the best after-dinner speaker in Cambridge. This lecture, to be sure, comes before dinner; but it is not of the most formal sort, and late-comers are again likely to find themselves "out in the cold...