Word: customs
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...position of pitcher. Batting and fielding practice is given the men daily in the cage. Jayne '97, pitcher on last year's team, is coaching the candidates for the position of pitcher, and Bradley '97, is expected later in the season to coach the fielders. Contrary to the custom of late years no professional coach will be engaged this spring. The schedule for the coming season has been completed, and shows a list of twenty-six games...
Yale has made a decided change in the formation of her football schedule for next year. Contrary to previous custom she will play Princeton before playing Harvard. The Princeton game will be played at Princeton on November 12, and the Harvard game at New Haven on November 19, a week later than the customary date. This will be the first time in the history of football that Yale has played Princeton at Princeton...
...earlier years the members were careful to observe the rule requiring each of them to have a medal of the society. Some years ago, however, the dies were lost and the custom of purchasing medals was given up. The dies have now been found, and the medals may be got at Guild's. Photographs of the charter also may be bought at the University book store...
...college year of '97-'98 Professor Norton will retire entirely from the Department of Fine Arts, giving up courses 3 and 4 which it has been his custom to offer in alternate years. He will still offer Italian 4, however, his course on Literature and the Fine Arts in Italy during the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, with special study of Dante...
...custom of Seniors retiring at the mid-years is not, however, peculiar to the CRIMSON. In most Harvard organizations there is the tendency, and it might be said to be almost a tradition, that the Senior during his last half year is a privileged character to be let down as easily as possible. But a few months and his college life will be a thing of the past; therefore he should take things as easily as possible while...