Word: abolishing
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Walling then spoke of the Socialists position towards society. It is the aim of Socialism to abolish class rule to destroy 'hierarchical government, and to establish a condition where there are no superimposed classes. The means of accomplishing this are partly political and partly financial; political, through strikes...
Princeton, N. J., November 25.--The most important event of the week ending Monday at Princeton was the vote of the members of Whig Hall to abolish secrecy in that institution. Whig is one of the two literary societies at Princeton, and it has been a secret organization since its foundation late in the eighteenth century. This step of doing away with secrecy in the Halls has been agitated by the Daily Princetonian and the Nassau Literary Magazine; Clio Hall, the other of the two institutions, has not yet had the matter before it for consideration. The vote in Whig...
Owing to the comparatively dim light in the Cage, the baseball management this year has decided to abolish such rigorous batting practice as has been held in former years. The pitchers will not be allowed to use great speed and curves in throwing to the batters in the Cage practice, but when the squad begins working out on the diamond the batters will be put against hard pitchers. It is hoped that this system will develop a nine of unusually well-balanced batting ability...
...abolish River View avenue, and throw the land partly into the parking of Charles River Road and partly into more room for the new Freshman Dormitories...
...whom favored the abolition or modification of this dangerous event. The numerous accidents in recent years have not all by any means been due to carelessness: they are apparently an inherent risk of the hammer-throw as it is at present constituted. It may be unwise to abolish altogether an event which tests so well both strength and skill. But another year should not go by without a radical modification of the throw to eliminate its objectionable features. Whether this should be by increasing the weight of the hammer, by decreasing the length of the handle, or by some other...