Word: customs
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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AGAIN comes up the question of the Freshman theatre party; and, with the Advocate, we are heartily opposed to the recurrence of that senseless folly. When first they became the custom, these theatre parties were merely a manifestation of the exhuberant delight of a lot of schoolboys at breaking away from the apron-strings. But nowadays Freshman classes are composed of men so much older and more mature in every way, that they would scorn such an explanation of their acts. They keep up the custom, not because they actually get much enjoyment from its observance - for we believe that...
...public holidays in the year none deserves fuller recognition than Memorial Day. Americans have too little national feeling; and the custom of decorating the graves of those who died for us in the terrible struggle two decades since is well worthy of perpetuation. In that conflict with an arrogant and iniquitous South, our own College played no insignificant part. Never did young men go forth more willingly at the call of patriotism than at that time and in that crisis of the nation's fate; and Harvard was not among the last to sustain and strengthen the martyred President...
COLUMBIA has decided to adopt Harvard's custom of holding Class Sports this year, in addition to her regular meeting. The Seniors and Juniors will have their class games together, and the Sophomores will contend with the Freshmen. '84 in Columbia is a remarkable athletic class, Jenkins, Value, and Davison, the sprinters, and Clark, the bicyclist, being of their number...
...athletic meetings is a favor to us. The decisions are given to the best of their ability; therefore one should be most careful in his comments upon them. In connection with this subject, as the base ball season is about to open, we would speak of the custom of applauding good batsmen when they step up to the bat. The majority of ball players, particularly amateurs, are apt to strike wildly and harder at a ball after applause, and are less sure of a safe hit. With a poor batsman it is somewhat disheartening to step...
...regret to see that our esteemed contemporary, the ??? in accordance with its custom, credits the whole disturbance to the Freshman class. This continual throwing of responsibility on the unfortunate Freshmen is as puerile as it is absurd. While members of all classes take part in the riots, the great majority of the offenders are old in iniquity and steeped in crime. The ranks of the violators of the peace, it is reported, were chiefly recruited from the B??? Institute and the Divinity School...