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Week-end trips to New York and to women's colleges are condemned as "harmful, physically and mentally," to Yale students by Pres. James Rowland Angell...
...address of welcome to the student body, Pres. Angell said that week-ends spent in New York, Northhampton, Poughkeepsie and other cities caused the students to return to the university in bad physical condition...
...Pres. Angell said the week-end exodus from New Haven had become a serious matter, adding that "this extension work for Yale" should be curtailed. He said week-ends should be spent at New Haven making social contacts, an essential part of the college career...
...Pres. Angell also said he was opposed to the plan suggested by faculty members for having students obtain special permission to leave town for the week-ends, and having them register before leaving and upon their return. Unless conditions were remedied, he added, some such plan might be adopted. --Boston Globe
...guns, boarded the presidential barge, was ferried out into the Potomac near Haines Point, received another salute, boarded the revenue cutter Apache. Leaning over the rail he watched intently while Imp II, driven by Financier Richard Farnsworth Hoyt of Manhattan, won the President's cup for motorboats. The Pres- ident then accepted another salute, was ferried ashore and motored?reversing a decision of the week prior?the 100-odd miles away from Washington's heat and humidity to his Rapidan camp for one more weekend. Guests at the camp included Secretary of Commerce Lamont, F. K. Heath, Assistant Secretary...