Word: formality
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...members of this sextet re all former team-mates of "Hobey" Baker, in whose memory the Rink is erected, Baker, a hero of the World war, is generally conceded to be Princeton's greatest hockey player. The rink has been used for practice since December 14, but the formal opening will come tonight when the Princeton undergraduates will enter the rink for the first time in a body...
...Harvard. During the years that have intervened these two Schools have lived and worked here side by side in a spirit of entire co-operation. Last spring the President and Fellows of Harvard College and the Andover Trustees agreed that the time had come to give fuller and more formal expression to this fact and the two Schools were affiliated, to form a single Faculty, a single curriculum, and a single student body...
...British sportsmen, has worked for many years as a professional ivory hunter in Africa. During the Great War he fought against the German colonies in that continent. Since the showing of 8000 feet of moving picture film will consume all of his time, Colonel Eustace will not deliver a formal lecture, but will instead explain his films as they are thrown upon the screen. These moving pictures are the only ones that have ever been taken of wild animals that were not wounded, drugged, or in captivity. In making, these photographs no beaters were employed to drive the beasts...
...wrestling squad held its first practice yesterday afternoon when 40 men reported at the Freshman Athletic Building. Coach Judson gave a preliminary talk on the fundamentals of wrestling and explained the way in which practice will be conducted. Although formal practice for the University team will not start until after the close of the football season, the management urges all men to attend the practice now being held at the Freshman Athletic Building from 3 to 6 o'clock on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday afternoons...
...Ministry and is therefore directed by army officers, although a large number of eminent civilians are on the teaching staff. Students wear special academic costume and have great esprit de corps. In general, French students maintain an attitude of professional etiquette towards each other and act with greater formality than in the United States. Students, for example, rise when the professor enters the room. Professors in certain faculties retain the old formal custom of wearing academic robes at their lectures...