Word: vacationers
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Congressmen and schoolboys enjoyed a week's vacation-that is, those Congressmen who were not busy with committee labors. On Dec. 29 the Congress reassembled with the expectation of only one day's recess for New Year's Day.
Several changes will take place in the hours during which many of the University buildings will be open during the Christmas recess. Some buildings will be closed throughout the vacation.
College Christmas spirit forty years ago was essentially the same as it is today. The "stude" who stayed in Cambridge was publicly condemned by his fellows: Memorial Hall bid for patronage during the vacation; and "Lampy" was doled out its customary praise on its Christmas number.
An editorial in the CRIMSON of December 22, 1886, rings particularly true: "The Christmas vacation begins today. Most of us will be glad to leave Cambridge,....
Alexander Shaw '28 and J. W. Tufts '27 have already made plans for the trip, and two or three other men expect to go also. While at Pinehurst they will practice with the Sandhill Polo Club in preparation for a series of matches which will begin immediately after the close...