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...traditions to be discussed this evening, more than one Harvard custom will be thrown into the discard because of the war. Primarily there is Class Day and Commencement Week; no other class now in College has seen those festivities except under war conditions. Secondly, there is to be a picnic, to be financed by the Freshmen as 1919 financed the corresponding frolic of 1916. It has now been three years since Seniors have embarked for the mythical island for a long day's celebration. And finally there is the question of caps and gowns and their wearing. All these topics...
Immediately preceding the Freshman picture a collection will be taken to provide funds for the spring picnic of the Senior Class. This is a return to a prewar custom, the classes of 1917 and 1918 having abandoned their picnics on account of the small number of men of those classes then in the University...
...true that "America," both in tune and words is characteristic of the grand simplicity of our people. In ten thousand kinds of impromptu choruses its music is borne to the heavens. Is there one town meeting, one sixth-grade class, one Sunday school picnic, in which every one to the very least may not arise and join in, at the close of any festivity, with praise to the "Sweet land of liberty"? Is there one small corner of this broad land where rocks do not their silence break...
...enveloped by unkind fate in the dark storm of war, we are threatened by irreparable loss. The Senior Picnic has gone, the Pudding Show has gone. And many of our classmates have gone, often leaving behind the sad memento of their debts. Yet the worst of all may overwhelm us. The goodies will...
...picture of 1917 without the caps and gowns was taken on April 2 because it was thought advisable to get the photograph before many of the men left for military service. The usual Freshman collection has been given up this year and instead the financial aid for the Senior Picnic will come directly from the 1920 class fund. In order that the picture may be taken with as little inconvenience as possible all the Seniors should be at Widener promptly at 1.15 o'clock...