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...speech before the United Cloth Hat and Cap Workers of America he rang a general alarm against men of "William Z. Foster's type" and their efforts to " bore from within " the Federation by means of " internal cliques" such as the Trade Union Educational League. "If these men had all the gold of the capitalist class in their pockets they could not better serve the capitalists to the detriment of the working man than by doing just what they are doing," said Mr. Gompers...
...suffered in the game with Dean Academy last Monday. Fitton has not yet recovered from the blow he received on the mouth from a ball that bounced poorly for him, and Hoffman's knee has stiffened as the result of a foul tip which struck him on the knee-cap. Gardner, who has substituted several times already this year, will start at third, and Chipman will be behind...
There are, of course, weighty arguments to explain the Senior's hesitation in donning Cap and Gown. No doubt he dislikes to be reminded of how near he has come to the end of "bright college years". Perhaps, too, being of a prudent disposition, he has stored away his dignified robes to keep them unsoiled for Commencement. But modesty has probably been his strongest motive: "Nobody else is doing it." Conspicuousness is not particularly pleasant; it is easier to follow the leader. And the natural leaders, the class officers, have been as hesitant as any about beginning the custom...
There are few conventions of any sort at the University, and those that have survived the long sifting process deserve to be enforced. The tradition of the Cap and Gown is a worthy one to preserve. It has been bequeathed to scholars of the present by scholars of past centuries, and in spite of occasional rebuffs, such as the opinion of the Archbishop of Canterbury and the apparent disregard of Harvard Seniors, it is likely to survive for some time to come even after June twenty-first...
...train will arrive at Princeton at 8.45 o'clock this morning. After breakfast at the Cap and Gown Club both crews will engage in a light workout on Lake Carnegie at about 11 o'clock. Another light row will be held in the afternoon, while the men will also hold a short practice tomorrow morning...