Word: acceptable
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Universities and the colleges throughout the land, though some are slow to accept you principles and adopt your methods, all feel your power and recognize with gratitude your stimulating influence and your leadership...
...reduced rate of $5.50. Less than one-third of the class have given their orders. Men should remember that gowns ordered will be held until the day before Class Day, that payment is to be made at the time of delivery, and that it is not obligatory to accept a gown after having been measured for it. CLASS DAY COMMITTEE...
...regard to the conduct and improvement of the University. Perhaps the most important subject discussed is the need of a new library building, adequate for the proper storing and use of the great book collections now cramped in Gore Hall. The President emphasizes the fact that the Corporation cannot accept a new building for this or any other purpose, unless such a gift is accompanied by funds, the income of which will enable the Corporation to use the building provided. Any person who contemplates giving a building to the University naturally desires to look forward to a tolerable permanence...
...meeting of the candidates for the gymnastic team held last night, it was decided to accept the challenge for a joint exhibition with Columbia, to be held in the Hemenway Gymnasium on the evening of March 11. Each university will be represented by a team of nine men, who will perform in the following events: Horizontal bar, parallel bars, side horse, and tumbling. Several other events, including fencing and boxing, have been planned, but for these definite arrangements have not yet been made...
Much of the disinclination to politics is due, President Hadley said, to unwillingness not to accept office, but to accept these conditions. And many men in the reaction against these conditions, are led to the other extreme. They believe that good men should hold the balance of power and compel the political parties to compete for their support. This independent vote, however, is not often large enough to carry an election, and is almost never able to carry two in succession. Even rarer is the chance of an independent candidate to gain an election independent of all party...