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FACTS FOR FRESHMEN

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A reception to men is given by the Young Men's Christian Association on the second Y. M. C. A. Reception Friday night of the semester. All new men are welcomed. Refreshments are served and an opportunity furnished to get acquainted. For the last fifteen or twenty years it has been the custom for the freshman and sophomore classes, some time in October, to hold a class contest. At first The Class it was a color rush, later it took the form Contest of a push ball contest, and in 1913 a sack rush was held. This contest takes place on the back campus under the direction of the Students' Union, and hundreds of underclassmen take part in it. Class elections occur on the second Friday in October, under the direction of the Student's Union. Class Elections This includes the freshman class elections also. A primary election is held one week previous to the regular election. A report on the scholastic standing of all freshmen and special students and on all other students whose work is below 75 per cent, is made on the fourth First Report Friday in October to the dean of the colOn Scholarship lege in which the student is registered. Men may find out their standing' in a general way by calling a few days later than the date of the reports at the office of the Dean of Men. Students who arc reported as doing poor work in more than one subj i arc called to the office of the dean t their *

coll f o r conference. The Fall Handicap is an annual e\ vember Fall Handicap for track the various d a nt o c c u r r i n g in athlete's 1d Track No-

representing Medals are squad.

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