Word: raisons
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...exhibition not only gives a raison d'etre to the past activities of the society but also prepares the ground for the future. The promise of a well thought out program is most welcome...
...full moon in Cambridge is like a campaign speech of "Fighting Bob" La Follette's before a group of deaf mutes. In the country there is some raison d'etre for a moon. Mountains, valleys, and tall timber are creatures of the night. They take on new lustre and majesty in cool October moonlight, and the awkwardness of day is softened. There have been, there are, and there will be many apostles of the moon. An Emperor or of Rome, one Caligula, a mad wight, once paid court and married her. He died soon after, broken hearted and without...
...tribunal of the undergraduates themselves, the faculty, and alumni. Tried, will they be found wanting? What will the handwriting on the wall foretell? Will it speak of fraternity achievements, its benefits to college society, or will it boldly depict the history of outworn customs, forgotten ideals, and nebulous raison d'etres...
...year is reviewed, it will be found that Beta Theta Pi gave a musicale, that another fraternity gave a play, and one or another gave "bear parties." But that is all. Presented with such a record it would be difficult for any group to maintain it had a vital raison d'etre. This, even the undergraduate reluctantly acknowledges, yet remains inactive in strengthening-the tottering position of his institution...
...give you," said the bird, "Our raison d'etre...