Word: customs
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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According to the custom established four years ago, the annual meeting for new students will be held tonight in Sanders Theatre at 8 p. m. Here addresses will be delivered by President Eliot and other members of the Faculty, and it is also hoped that Governor Wolcott will speak. Professor Shaler will preside over the meeting and will speak first. He will then introduce the President, Rev. S. McC. Crothers. formerly of the Board of Preachers, Professor Palmer, and C. Grilk '98, who will welcome the newcomers on behalf of the undergraduates...
...announced in today's Calendar, the first serice will be held in Appleton Chapel tomorrow at 7.30. The well established custom of obtaining eminent clergymen of various denominations and coming from different sections of the country will as usual be adhered to, in order to emphasize the non-sectarian character of the services...
...Donald, E. G. Burgess and S. L. Fuller, of whom the first three were elected. The undergraduate members of last year's board were as follows: R. H. Stevenson '97, J. H. Perkins '98, and P. D. Haughton '99. It will be noticed that contrary to the usual custom, no one was elected from the sophomore class, there being instead, two senior members on the board. As on last year's committee, there is one member from each of the three more important teams, the crew, the eleven, and the nine, none of whom are however officers of their respective...
...been the custom in past years, the Fay House will be decorated by the Juniors, who will also act as ushers at the reception. The ladies who are to receive are Mrs. Agassiz, Miss Irwin, Miss Coes, and the class officers...
This afternoon, at four o'clock, when the 'Varsity crew takes its last practice of the year in Cambridge by rowing short stretches near the boathouse, all of the undergraduates should go down to the river to cheer the men. This old custom was reviced last year for the purpose of giving all the students a chance to see the crew on the water just before their departure for Poughkeepsie, and as the crew is seen so little during the year by most of its supporters, all who can will doubtless avail themselves of the opportunity...