Word: recessed
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...midwinter recess is one of Bennington's ways of stimulating intellectual independence. Unlike most experimental colleges, this well-bred institution was conceived by no educator but by the residents, especially the summer people of the town of Bennington. Many a college president welcomed such a proving ground for his own progressive ideas, took an active part in the founding. From nearby Williams, Professor Robert Devore Leigh was called to be president. Only two and one-half years old now, Bennington still has no fourth-year class. Its tuition rate is $1,000, highest college rate in the country...
Bennington girls have lost no time in extending their freedom to dress. At the approach of winter they pull on skiing outfits and keep them on, except for the winter recess, until they exchange them for shorts in the spring. Most of the girls come from New England or New York. Many are debutantes. To go out with Williams men and stay out as late as they like, they need only notify the college office in advance. During the winter they ski. skate, gather in a general store for tea and talk. This year some of them are running...
...elections of the Senior Class Secretary, and of the Class, Class Day, and Photograph Committees, which were postponed before the recess, will be held in the Lodge of the Class of '77 Gate on Friday from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. The voting will be by the Australian system...
...returning from the Christmas recess student car owners will find that the University has at last offered them asylum from the tag-wielding minions of Timothy F. Leahy, proud chief of the City of Cambridge Police Forces. The last obstacle to this University project has now disappeared...
Twelve members of the Varsity hockey squad will journey to Lake Placid during the Christmas recess and will oppose the Toronto University stickmen in three games there on December 28, 29, and 31 in the Lake Placid Arena. These engagements will not be official contests for either team but will allow the Crimson players practice which has been lacking this year due to the restricted sessions at the Arena and will give the Canadians some real scrimmaging before they meet official opponents in New York in the early part of January...