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...Augustus Hemenway '75, of Boston, has been chosen chief marshal of the graduates for Commencement Day. The choice was made by the directors of the Alumni Association, who have continued the custom of selecting the marshal from the class which has been graduated twenty-five years...
...Deutscher Verein will next year return to the custom of giving a public performance of a modern play. The play selected for next year is a comedy entitled, "Schluck and Jan" by Gerhart Hauptmann. It will probably be given about the second week in January and the trials for parts will be held the week after College opens next fall...
...Philadelphia Club at Princeton has begun the custom of inviting members of upper classes of the Philadelphia preparatory schools to visit Princeton on the days of important athletic events, and of making them familiar with the university. On May 12 five hundred school boys were taken to Princeton to see the Princeton-California dual games and the baseball game with Georgetown, and were entertained later at a dinner at the Tafus Club...
...United States was the first country to take a genuine census, and has continued the custom from the beginning. Census taking differs from registration much as the counting of stock differs from bookkeeping. The deficiency of the United States in registration is very noticeable, and has led to efforts to make the census take the place of registration, an attempt which has, however, proved unsatisfactory. The census of recent years has been overburdened with matters of secondary importance, but the new law is an improvement in this respect...
...radical change in the old Yale stroke has been made this year. The former custom of following the body swing with a leg drive has been replaced by the simultaneous action of both leg and body. The body swing and the slide have been shortened, and a sharper, more snappy stroke has resulted. The breadth of the oars has been increased in the first boat to 7 1-4 inches, and in the second boat to 6 1-2 inches from 6 inches last year. The new cedar shell made by Ruddock of New York has arrived and will...