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...final night, Farlow and the other neophytes were told to hide their manuscripts, but members of the Pudding looked for them and destroyed them so they had to redo all of the work. But Friday night of the week, members received the sign of the Pudding, "the strip of black cloth with their names cut out of white paper fastened to the cloth." The Harvard Book, an 1874 publication detailing much of the school's history, reported that "youths uttering in 'accents of an unknown tongue' the mystic words 'Seges votis respondet' and 'Concordia discors,' and to all questions giving...
...theatricals' business practices were lacking. The club and theatricals were still intertwined as one organization, but club types did not always make the best drama decisions and the state of theatrical finances was grim until two enterprising members overhauled the organization's management. "They said we had to redo the business plan, how we sold tickets--specialized in group sales and advanced sales. And they convinced their parents to kick in $5,000 or $10,000. With this financial boost, the theatricals went back in the black. The 1970s also saw a resurgence of interest in the club. "The dining...
...just means more Fs. Kids who are simply forced to repeat grades over and over usually don't improve academically and often drop out. Zacarias wanted more tutoring, summer school and intensive-learning classes. Unqualified students wouldn't rise to the next grade; nor would they be doomed to redo work they already failed...
...going to redo the layout of demands and strengthen language," Fang said...
...clerk at a tire shop once told him he would have to pay a bill in cash. "I told him I had an account there," says Jarvis, "but the guy said he had already punched the order up as a cash sale and it would take 10 minutes to redo the whole thing in the computer. Funny thing is, if the system were mechanical, you'd simply cross out cash and write in charge. The guy said, 'Yeah, that's what we used to do.'" Such experiences have persuaded Jarvis to keep computers out of his own company, Accelerated Business...