Word: planning
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Advantages of New Plan...
...plan as outlined above would give ample opportunity for the Senior dance on the night before Class Day, according to a time honored custom. In this connection it is to be noted that the program drawn up by the committee of graduates in 1901 placed Class Day on Monday, thus making no provision for the dance on the night before. For this and other reasons the plan did not appeal to the undergraduates, and so was rejected by the authorities. The present arrangement has no such defect. If the recommendations of the committee be adopted, some time will have...
...commended in bringing Class Day and Commencement closer together, and in giving greater prominence to Phi Beta Kappa Day and the announcement of distinctions. The difficulty of finding a date for the race convenient to both universities will be obviated, for the day after the Harvard Commencement under this plan is only two days after the Yale Commencement...
...suggestions in regard to the plan should be sent to the chairman of the committee, Dean Briggs, at 10 University Hall, Cambridge...
...would become the acknowledged meeting time for all the classes. Under the present system such a tradition, although existent, is far from established; some prefer the Class Day festivities to Commencement; others would rather see the races; while yet others can be here only for Commencement. In short, the plan means the formation of a "Commencement Week," to contain all that Commencement, Class Day, the annual Yale game, and New London connote to Harvard men. We heartily advocate its adoption...