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Orders for books to be used in Philosophy I and Philosophy IV, after the Christmas recess, will be forwarded to the importer tonight. They are: For Philos. I, Ferrier's Greek Philosophy; for Philos. IV, Mill's Utilitarianism...
...Thanksgiving recess at Williams extends from Tuesday noon to Saturday morning; at Princeton from Wednesday noon to Monday morning; at Harvard from Thursday morning to Thursday night. Comment is unnecessary...
...colleges which give three weeks vacation at Christmas-tide." We would like to inform the Princetonian that Harvard is the last place it should mention to get authority for long vacations, Ten days is the length of our Christmas vacation: one day the length of the so called "Thanksgiving recess...
...have heard that we have only one day for a Thanksgiving recess; don't even have the Friday and Saturday following! Why, it just breaks me all up! I was going home, and supposed of course we'd have till the next Monday anyway...
...cutting" is pretty "wholesale." Friday and Saturday would be gratefully received as holidays, but at last are no longer hoped for. Who would not be willing to have the summer vacation a few days shorter, if thereby, a day or two could be gained for a genuine Thanksgiving recess? A day and a half at Thanksgiving time is worth, to the students more than two, three, or four days in September. Still, as matters go now, the students, or a large part of them, get both. The same reasoning that has been given concerning Washington's Birthday does not apply...