Word: acted
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...chairman endeavored to maintain his position in the loudest possible manner, until, in the height of the excitement, Mr. Clark was forcibly ejected from his position by one of the opposing party. To restore order, Mr. Sears, '89, was agreed upon by all parties as a proper man to act as chairman...
...Edgar Pierce, Mr. S. Pitts Duffield, of Exeter, and Mr. N. Rantoul, of Hopkinson's School, were then nominated for president. It was voted to take an informal ballot. The chair appointed Sturgis, '90, Burnett, '91, and Longworth, '91, to act as tellers and to receive the ballots as the voters passed down stairs. The result was: Rantoul, 126; Pierce. 52; Duffield, 18. The vote was made formal and Mr. Rantoul declared elected...
...Sears then made the freshmen a short address, stating that he had not come to the meeting to act as their chairman, but to advise them concerning the election of their foot-ball captain. He extended a cordial invitation to every one to come out and try for the foot-ball team. He advised the class not to elect a permanent captain for the eleven until later in the season, and, speaking of the action taken by the Board of Overseers, showed how necessary it was to act carefully in order that freshman contests should not be abolished altogether...
...daubed the Library building with green paint, on the night of the triumph, ought to be kicked. It was certainly an act of vandalism. Although the bulk of the paint has been removed, the bricks are defaced and will remain so as long as the building stands Such acts as this will make the faculty shut down on the Triumph altogether, and the sophomores will have to celebrate it elsewhere...
...Legislative Act of 1865, "such persons as have received from the college a degree of Bachelor of Arts, or Master of Arts, or any honorary degree," are entitled to vote for Overseers; "provided however, that no member of the Corporation, and no officer of government of instruction in said college shall be eligible as an Overseer or entitled to vote in the election of Overseers; and, provided further, that no person who has received from said college the degree of Bachelor of Arts shall be entitled to vote for Overseers before the fifth annual election after the graduation...