Word: halts
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...seniority. The undergraduate members are expected to wear caps and gowns. Led by trumpeters and drummers, the procession will march through the Yard to Sanders Theatre, where the literary exercises will be held at 11.30. When the head of the procession reaches the steps of Memorial Hall it will halt, and the two files will separate, each member facing inward, thus forming two ranks with an open avenue between. The last two men the oldest members, will then pass up the aisle thus formed, and the others will follow in such a manner that the oldest members enter the floor...
...medium dose of languages, and come out quite the University concoction. Glimpses and vistas, not real understanding, are being recommended for the "broad" college course. The student is getting the merest taste of the elementals of everything, and dropping the threads where they begin. His thinking comes to a halt where it ought to be starting...
...Sanders Theatre. Led by a bugler and two drummers, the procession will march through the Yard with the Junior members of the society in the lead, followed by other members in reverse order of seniority. When the head of the procession reaches the steps of Memorial Hall it will halt and each couple of men will separate and each member will face inward, thus forming an avenue through which will pass the oldest members at the end of the line, followed in order of seniority by the other members. The first two rows of the balcony have been set aside...
...bugler and two drummers, the procession will march through the Yard to Sanders Theatre, where the literary exercises will be held at 11.30. This is one-half hour earlier than the time of previous years. When the head of the procession reaches the steps of Memorial it will halt, and each couple of men will separate, each member facing inward thus forming two ranks with an open avenue between. The last two men, the oldest members, will then pass up the aisle, the others following them in reverse order, so that the oldest members enter the floor of Sanders first...
...administration is very small. It behooves us to have ready for the responsible positions of government men with only the most complete training and intellectual development. Even though the entire electorate of the nation be equipped with intelligence of a high order, the functioning of our governmental institutions will halt and stagger unless the most brilliant men of the nation have been given full opportunity for developing their powers to the utmost and have been placed where those powers may have scope for effective application...