Word: customers
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...Hammond and Mr. Brandegee responded. Congratulations were exchanged on the past, and hopes expressed for the future. Several other toasts were drunk, among them, "The Annex," and songs were given by various gentlemen. Altogether, the dinner passed off very enjoyably, and many gentlemen expressed the hope that the custom might be continued in the future, not only as being an additional incentive to the crews, but as affording a pleasant opportunity of reuniting...
...view of the approaching election of the officers of the Freshman class, we wish to call the attention of the members of '83 to the necessity of some forethought in this matter, if they wish to pass into their Sophomore year unburdened with debt. It has been the custom of all preceding classes to elect men who bring with them a reputation as leaders in the athletic sports at the academies whence they come, without allowing time enough to inquire into the merits and abilities of the several candidates. The result of this custom is, as was to be expected...
...translate it as literally as possible, although feeling how incompetent we are to reproduce the sparkling freshness of the original. The speaker began by alluding to the many victories which the class of '79 had won. "When we first entered these classic porticos," (she said), "it had been the custom for us to have no butter-plates. We who had been brought up in the lap of elegance and refinement, - we who were to lead the society of our country, - we who were to push on the engine of progress to realms of perfection, - were deprived, not of a luxury...
...custom of making the rank list for the Senior year a part of the Commencement programme was given up last year. This change is on every account to be regretted. It makes many Seniors who do not aspire to a high general average careless about their success in any particular course. Still worse, it leaves all faithful work in any particular course unrewarded; and the new system of Honorable Mention will not remedy this evil in most cases, - in such courses, for instance, as are not preceded by enough hours in the same branch to make up the required eight...
...Everett Athenaeum, in accordance with an old custom of the society, held its annual supper last Friday evening at Young's Hotel. Thirty-three members were present, including representatives from the first ten from '82; and the committee, Mr. F. S. G. Reed, Mr. J. C. Rolfe, and Mr. W. H. Wade, left nothing undone which could make the evening enjoyable...