Word: summering
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Impressed by the way he conducted himself last summer in Europe, the Mardi Gras Committee of New Orleans last week announced that it had invited glib, dapper Mayor James John Walker of New York to be Lord High Chamberlain of its revels next month. Mayor Walker was reported trying to contrive to accept...
This destiny drew nigh when President Arthur Griffith of the Provisional Government found himself obliged to go to London in the summer of 1922, and appointed as his deputy in Dublin his warm personal friend William Thomas Cosgrave. On Aug. 12 President Griffith died. Ten days later the Government was further smitten by the assassination of its next most prominent leader, Michael Collins. With Griffith and Collins dead, the presidential toga descended upon Mr. Cosgrave, and he was formally elected President...
...letter is sent to each Adviser giving information regarding the hours for consultation with Freshmen at the opening of the year, and asking for information as to the place where the Freshmen are to meet their Advisers, the summer address of each Adviser, and other related matters. Each Adviser is also requested to send in before July 1 the names of any Freshmen whom, for any reason, he would like to advice. Early in June all printed matter, for the coming academic year is, so far as possible, prepared. This relates chiefly to various form-letters to both Advisers...
About the middle of July the work of copying the admission records of all the new Freshmen begins, and continues through the summer. Special blanks are used, on one side of which are noted the grades received in examinations passed for admission under the Old Plan, and the number of years given to studies pursued at school under the New Plan and Honor Plan. One these blanks are also noted the credit towards any of the language requirements, which a Freshman may have received, and also whether or not he is exempt from English A, the prescribed English...
...Saturday of Freshman Week all Freshmen admitted in June who do not know their Faculty Advisers come to the office of the chairman. These did not return the blank sent to them in August because of their failure to receive it; because of their absence from home on a summer vacation; or because of carelessness. There is a surprisingly large number of such cases. These men are given a fresh blank which they fill out, and the chairman assignes them to an Adviser before they leave the office. There are also a good many men who have lost the notice...