Traditions
Among the traditions of the club is the standard that all members keep their hair short and their faces clean-shaven, although this isn't what defines the group. Excellence in character is also highly encouraged. That is the Glee Club's greatest tradition, and it is the goal of every Glee Club member to further this tradition of excellence. In addition to these general commitments, there are the following structural divisions:
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Famous quotes containing the word traditions:
“... the more we recruit from immigrants who bring no personal traditions with them, the more America is going to ignore the things of the spirit. No one whose consuming desire is either for food or for motor-cars is going to care about culture, or even know what it is.”
—Katharine Fullerton Gerould (1879–1944)
“But generally speaking philistinism presupposes a certain advanced state of civilization where throughout the ages certain traditions have accumulated in a heap and have started to stink.”
—Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977)