Word: act
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Dana '08 will act as starter; L. W. Pritchett '08, E. Roth '07, and R. W. Fernald '07 as judges; and P. R. Webber '07 as timer. Admission will be 25 cents...
...social uses of students and Faculty. To take advantage of these new opportunities for a more congenial student life, and organization has recently been formed, known as the Students' Library Association, whose two-fold object is to equip and maintain a library of current books and periodicals and to act as the centre of the student activity. The membership is open to all students and financial support is dependent on voluntary subscriptions only. The Warren Museum, with a floor space of about 22,000 square feet, occupies the three top floors. A large amphitheater is connected with the Museum...
...payment of church officers out of state funds was passed, but rejected by the Church. With the Revolution came the secularization of church properties, lasting until Napoleon's Concordat, which provided that mandates of the Pope should have no effect without the consent of the King. Although by this act the bishops could name the parish clergy with the consent of the government, the freedom of the Church was greatly diminished...
...final Separation Act was passed in 1905. It required an association of worship composed of laymen and the priest to be formed in every parish to manage its affairs. In spite of the act the bishops retained a dominating influence over their parishioners and parish affairs. By the same act bishops' palaces and priests' houses were taken back by the state, and pensions were provided for the priests...
...Separation Act was passed at the end of a session of parliament, and at the next election the supporters of the act came back in increased numbers, while those who opposed it lost greatly. The will of France is shown by this election and it should be respected. No unfair treatment of the Church has been proved, and the Church has sacrificed its real interests with the object of merely opposing the Republicans. If it could shake free from prejudice, there would be a chance for a broader and more national religious life in France...