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This seeming indifference on the part of University officials stems from two sources: the old Puritan attitude towards Christmas, and most important, the schedule of the old school calendar. Formerly the College year started in July, in most cases directly after graduation from prep school. Classes ran through the summer, and the long vacation came in the winter, starting in December, and continuing until the end of January or the beginning of February. This break was known as the mid-winter vacation, and it still...
They disliked the holiday because in England it had meant a traditional two week binge. On one of the boats crossing the Atlantic, passengers celebrated Christmas with a fortnight-long drunk, which caused twelve deaths. After that, the Puritan opinion of the Yuletide was markedly unfavorable. Things reached the point where Samuel Sewell in 1670 rode through Boston streets admonishing store keepers who closed shop on December...
Fritz Drill, Bob Baldwin, and George Langden sparked the Puritan powerhouse with two goals each. Dave Cabot gave assists to both Drill and Langden...
...regions most dominated by the Puritan ethic that alcoholic excess appears most pronounced. Where the social group withdraws its approval from drinking, it becomes either a solitary vice or a wickedness covertly shared with a few boon companions. This type of alcoholism is allied not so much to poverty as to conflict within the personality. It is to be found in countries such as the U.S.A. and Sweden, which have experimented in prohibition. These two countries head the list . . . issued by the World Health Organization [last year] as having the highest proportional number of alcoholics-Italy, that great wine-drinking...
passing of Bucky O'Connor, the Bunnies drove to the Puritan 20, where O'Connor connected with Lowell Sachoff in the end gone for a touchdown, five minutes after the beginning of the game. O'Connor's placement kick failed...