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Word: proms (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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With over two hundred Yale men rallying to the cause of God, country, and the Vassar Junior Prom last weekend, sex reared its ugly head in the form of an official announcement. Haunted by vague memories of the Biblical reputation of the sons of Eli, who walked not in the paths of righteousness, the administration felt it fitting and timely to declare that a course covering the stimulating though delicate field of "Marriage and Famliy Life" would be given during the remainder of the year. Constant clamor from the student body, ably supported by faculty opinion, has resulted...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE DANCE OF THE SEVENTH VEIL | 2/17/1937 | See Source »

...week Charles Evans Hughes 3rd, grandson of the Chief Justice, was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, an honor won at Brown by his father and grandfather before him; appointed managing editor of the Brown Daily Herald, a job once held by his father; made a member of the Junior Prom Committee, a position not previously held by either his father or grandfather. Tall, quiet Grandson Hughes also belongs to three honorary societies, debates, won his class numerals in soccer, played last year on a championship fraternity baseball team...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Mar. 9, 1936 | 3/9/1936 | See Source »

Whatever Dame Fortune may decide to do (and she possesses extraordinary powers over the results of hockey games), tradition at least favors the Crimson cause, for it has been the custom for years that Yale loses the day after the Junior Prom. And illness has done the Elis no good, for Bill Moore, first line center, took to his bed a week ago, and defense men Lyn Wilson and Blake Shepard, and goalie Tom Stockhausen, are just getting back into the game after doctor-enforced rests...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lining Them Up | 3/7/1936 | See Source »

Wellesley's Seniors seem to have taken the lead in the Leap Year rush. At their annual prom Saturday night, the Dance Committee presented each girl with a ring, hoping that, with the ring already purchased, the last reservations of the male would be overcome. A frocked minister was conspicuous...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Strictly Speaking | 3/2/1936 | See Source »

Getting a date for the Junior Prom...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Lessons | 2/3/1936 | See Source »

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