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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...those traditions which make Class Day what it is. The Tree Oration, the numerous Spreads, the Ivy Oration, the dancing, even the confetti battles in the Stadium have their antecedents in the Dark Ages of the College. The original tree was the "Liberty" or "Rebellion" tree which stood in front of Hollis and around which the riotous sophomores of "Rebelliad" notoriety circled in the light of the bonfire. The spread might be said to antedate the famous ban on "plum cake" in 1693. For many a year Harvard graduating classes planted Ivy shoots in the unpropitious soil of the Yard...
...activities begin at 8.45 o'clock, when the Seniors will assemble in front of Holworthy Hall and march, in cap and gown to Appleton Chapel where Dr. Alfred Worcester '78 will conduct the services. The members of the graduating class will then have over an hour of free time before they must assemble again in front of Holworthy Hall, this time to march to Sanders Theatre, where the exercises provide the climax to the morning's procedure...
...clock the Seniors will assemble a third time in front of Holworthy Hall, this time to march to Soldiers Field for the Stadium exercises, after the Tree oration which will be given by J. P. Crosby '28. While the Tree oration is being delivered to the Seniors the graduates and the three lower classes will assemble with the Glee Club and will march to the Stadium. The Seniors, after Crosby has finished his oration, march around the Yale, led by the class officers cheering the buildings and the Tree...
Last week Max Adler, vice president of Sears Roebuck & Co., deciding that the U. S. too must have its planetarium, gave $500,000 for its construction on the lake front island east of the Field Museum. Apparatus and instruments will be of the finest, having been ordered from Carl Zeiss, who promised delivery in the fall ot 1929. The 1933 world's fair will see the planetarium performing in its noble 200 foot hall; projecting more than 4,500 planets, planetoids, and stars in orbital motion upon a domed sky 100 feet in diameter...
...rate, after the brilliant example of President Coolidge, whose skill in a fishing way has kept the exploits of the U. S. Marines in Nicagagna almost entirely off the front pages, it is inconceivable that the campaign managers will let Mr. Hoover's exploits with the rod and reel remain hidden under a bushel...