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This association of strong drink with Class Day is a significant historical strand. In 1693, probably before the advent of the valedictory, the authorities decided to ban the intoxicating plum cake which graduating seniors had been in the habit of giving their friends. During the 18th century, records of Class Day alcoholism are sparse, but early in the 1800s, the tradition of spiked punch took firm root. Abuses of this custom, however, led to a riot in 1838, and in 1852, the punch was declared illegal. During a controversy over Class Day 35 years later, a correspondent to the CRIMSON...
There's a small-print clause in the Cambridge liquor license which prohibits singing in public saloons. This infringement upon a fundamental right of man is most distressing; some of America's best folk music was cased down the ways with the aid of suitable refreshment. Fortunately, the advent of the Cambridge ordinance has not succeded in extinguishing these venerable ballads. For the past three years, a group of Harvard undergraduates known as the Krokodiloes has met regularly to perpetuate the American tradition of the informal male quartet...
...whole situation is saved by the happy advent of a Heinkel bomber, which blows up the house, kills the old man, lays Lark's ghost, and throws the two current lovers violently together. This leaves everybody happy but the customers...
...advent of Hemisphere has been preceded during the last few years by a gradual reorganization and strengthening of TIME'S network of reporters in Canada and Latin America. With one exception (The New York Times), TIME was the first U.S. publication to maintain a regular news bureau in Canada and in Latin America. At present we have three news bureaus in Canada -in Ottawa, Montreal and Toronto- each headed by a bureau chief, and 24 local correspondents (called "string correspondents" or "stringers") in as many cities scattered throughout the Dominion. Each is a reporter or editor for a local...
Writes Professor Leiffer: "Divergent religious attachments, if they are taken seriously, generally constitute a basis of conflict, especially after the advent of children. Only a few instances of homes broken because of religious diversity were discovered through this study, but in numerous families the tension continued to be acute, even after twenty years of marriage." He adds: "It is abundantly clear that interfaith marriages have unfortunate results for organized religion...