Word: seniorities
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...returning to the old Class-Day costume; but it should have little force, for it need cost no man more than eight dollars to dress himself properly on his Class Day. I earnestly hope that the matter will be seriously considered, and that on the 23d of June the Senior class will appear in the conventional cap and gown...
...Senior Class at Yale has petitioned the Faculty to abolish Monday-morning recitations. It appears that these recitations tempt some students to work on Sundays, and the Seniors feel that they cannot conscientiously refrain from calling the attention of their instructors to the terrible fact that some members of the class have been weak enough to devote a part of the day of rest to classics and mathematics...
...Class Day. There is no question but that every man has the right to retain the use of his room on Class Day, and give a spread, too, for that matter; but it has always been customary for the lower classmen to do all in their power to oblige Seniors on that day and to make it a pleasant one for them. Class Day, by its name, would seem to point out the impropriety, to say the least, of an entertainment of any kind not conducted by a Senior...
...ought not to expect to have more than one Class Day, and for a member of one of the lower classes to give a spread on that day, especially if it interferes in any way with a Senior's arrangements, would seem to be an infringement on the peculiar rights which the graduating class has by the courtesy of the other classes and of the College authorities. This courtesy has been so universal, that an exception appears very marked...
...Vassar Mis. says that the Senior Class, after "indulging in base-ball clubs," "displaying gym. suits and powers of running at match games," and doing other ladylike things, found that their "reputation for dignity among the undergraduates might be regarded as a minus quantity." Made reckless by this "loss of reputation," the Seniors have hopelessly disgraced themselves by publicly indulging in a "class candy-pull...