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...petition for the extension of the Thanksgiving recess will be left at Memorial all today, and will be removed to Bartlett's Saturday and Monday. Those who wish to sign must come forward immediately, as the petition will be handed in early Monday afternoon...
...extension of the Thanksgiving recess till the Monday following Thanksgiving Day is a matter of interest to every student. Every one knows that little is accomplished by holding recitations on the Friday and Saturday after Thanksgiving: but many students are kept in Cambridge on the holiday by unwillingness to cut recitations and lectures on those days. The number of students who take advantage of the rule regarding voluntary attendance is so large that many of the instructors feel bound to repeat their lectures in the following week, and thus the men, who, from over-conscientiousness or other reasons, have been...
...hundred and sixty men have signed the petition at Memorial for the extension of the Thanksgiving recess...
...understand that a petition is now being circulated among undergraduates requesting that the Thanksgiving recess be extended to the Monday following the day itself. There is no doubt but that the petition will receive many signatures, and it is to be hoped that the faculty will decide to grant it. The last issue of the Crimson contained an editorial on the subject, which sets forth very fully the arguments for and against the desired extension, and leaves little to be added. We can only say that we do not believe that there is a man in college who would...
...petition for the extension of the Thanksgiving recess will be left for signatures in the auditor's room at Memorial during the day, and at Bartlett's in the evening...