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...belong to the Union should join at once. Special attention is being given to the selection of food and music, which will be the best obtainable. Every effort is being made to reduce the expense of the dance, and for this reason everyone is requested to refrain from giving flowers to their guests. The date of the dance will be announced later...
...easy to stay in College after one was admitted, for all students had to refrain from playing cards or trading valuables worth more than sixpence. The use of spirituous liquors and of tobacco, unless the permission of the President, one's parents and a physician, could be obtained, was strictly forbidden. All men were supposed to be in their rooms before 9 o'clock at night, and on Sunday were forbidden to leave them for walking, visiting, or any other unnecessary business. "Idle, bitter scoffing, offensive gestures, the wearing of indecent apparal or women's apparal" made one liable...
...conditions might result, I take the liberty to reply. My impression gained from reading this article is that the writer beseeches us to engage quarters at the Infirmary before bathing in this "too filthy" "breeding-place of disease." Then, lest our undergarments become carriers of disease, he begs us refrain from washing our "light clothing" in this "laundry-tub." Can this mean other than that Mr. Woodbridge '17 is holding the University authorities libel for criminal negligence in failing to prevent their students from firing with sickness? Is he not casting slurs upon the character of the swimming team manager...
...announced exclusively in yesterday's CRIMSON, "Smiling Sam" Hall, the New Jersey desperado, will be the prima donna of the occasion. The futile attempts of the candidates to find his delivery will add zest to the scene. We refrain from mentioning the infield, as we do not want to make the Braves feel badly. The outfield will be under all the flies and above all reproach...
...true, have not been spotless, and perhaps are not yet so. But the morale of such functions is constantly improving, and there is no reason to fear that this year will mark a relapse into the orgies of a decade ago. The man so weak-kneed that he cannot refrain from undue excesses is more frowned on and less popular than he used to be. Whether in the face of constant improvement strict prohibition is advisable, is an open question. The earnestness of those who are condemning beer, however, and their apparent numerical strength, recommends the matter to the Sophomore...