Word: presentation
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...present day attempt to regulate students' clothes would meet with laughter and scorn for the force of public opinion is great enough to keep a sober and appropriate dress, but it is a matter of pride that the Seniors have continued, voluntarily, a custom putting all men on absolutely the same basis, by adopting a universal distinctive garb for the graduating class...
...inaugurated an age of commercial and colonial rivalry by express recognition of the principle of the balance of power. The Treaty of Vienna sought to establish a concert of Europe, but with recognition of dynastic interests, it ignored the rising tide of nationalism and democracy. It remained for the present treaty to recognize cultural and economic considerations and self-determination in redefining boundaries; to substitute co-operation for rivalry by placing important ports and undeveloped regions under international government or trusteeship; by co-ordinating the international administration of world utilities, and by providing for international consideration of labor and social...
...besides the eight men chosen in their Junior year, must be elected, there still remains a minimum of four members of the Class of 1919 to be honored. In normal years, it was customary to take on a total of 40 Seniors, but owing to the fact that the present graduating class is only a little more than half the usual size, it is not likely that more than the minimum of 22, or four more, will be elected...
...been set as the date for the annual dinner and theatre party to be held at the Lombardy Inn. It is customary for the honor men from Yale and Princeton to be present at this meeting, but owing to the war conditions, they will be unable to make the trip to Cambridge this spring. Speeches will be made by R. E. Eckstein '20, orator; G. W. Allport '19, poet; and F. M. Carey '20, Latin odist...
...Hughes, head of the Department of Engineering Sciences now has his offices in Room 223 in Pierce Hall. Work on the building is going forward rapidly, many alterations being necessary for the new purpose to which it will be put. Classes will not be held there for the present, but will remain in the Geological Museum until the work is further completed. It is hoped to hold the first instruction there before June...