Word: recession
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...winter competition will be interrupted after three weeks of work in December by the Christmas recess. It is for this reason as well as for the shorter term of its duration, the easiest of the three try-outs for the CRIMSON allotted each class. A minimum of time and effort is required from candidates during the examination period...
Perhaps it is in accordance with the saying that there is no pleasure without its pain that an examination in Greek has been assigned to the Freshmen on the Saturday following Thanksgiving. Hitherto it has been the custom to give to the entire College a recess from 10 o'clock on the Wednesday preceding Thanksgiving until the Monday following. If it is necessary that the recitations on Wednesday should be conducted as usual, and that those living at a distance should be prevented from spending the day with their families, is it necessary also to deprive them of the pleasure...
...kind he was, even then! Yes, every morning when the school bell rang for recess, Paul would produce three rolls from his knapsack, eat two, and always give the third roll to a very poor boy in the class below...
...when he said, "Things are in a sad state of affairs when a man can't even call his gizzard his own!") Until 11:30, he reads and dictates in his study; then by motor to the Capitol, to sit from 12 to 2; then the luncheon recess and the one real meal of the day (meat, vegetables); sitting again, until 4, and home by motor. This is the hour when children who play in the vicinity of the Connecticut Avenue bridge espy the huge old figure who chuckles with his stomach and is always willing to stop...
...that the Boylston Laboratory was going to be used for library purposes. He stated, however, that owing to the amount of chemical apparatus which must be removed and the necessity of cleaning up the building afterwards, it would be impossible for the change to take place before the Christmas recess...