Word: giving
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...seems to me that of the first actions of the St. Louis convention are particularly significant. The delegates voted down the 'Grab Bill' to give every discharged soldier six months additional pay. This bill had been proposed in Congress as a political measure in order to win votes from the many discharged soldiers for its backers. It was entirely unnecessary, as the $60 bonus law gave all the aid that was needed to get a discharged soldier back on the job. By repudiating this bill, the Legion showed that it intended to keep to its newly adopted tenet of steering...
...necessity of choosing without sufficient information of the object of different courses and the manner in which they are to be treated; and, in the absence of any explanation by the College on this point, it would be well if the students who are acquainted with the courses would give a short criticism of such as are not likely to be understood by others, so that those who choose them may do so with the advantage of having their experience to guide them. The difficulty of which we speak becomes more apparent after the electives are commenced in the following...
...Seniors began to entertain their friends with punch. Four years after the latter happening, the President found it necessary to convert the rejoicing into a "respectable entertainment." From then on the Yard was open to all friends of undergraduates. Ladies, young and old, were invited. It became customary to give spreads and there was much dancing in the Yard. The day was made doubly important to the Seniors, about this time, as Commencement ceased being "primarily for undergraduates" and was increasingly given over to reunions...
...Brookline Village Town Hall this evening, the Pierian Sodality Orchestra will give its first regular concert since the United States entered the war. The concert will be a part of a pageant to be held at the same place, and the music will include several light selections from popular operettas...
...with K. Chase '19 also placing in the event. J. D. Hutchinson '19 is favored to win the two mile race. C. G. Krogness '21 and F. C. Church '20 should both score in the hurdles although the Eli's have both Heffelfinger and Shedden who are likely to give the University hurdlers strong competition...