Word: acted
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...moral as well as the financial support of the college. Mr. Sexton, '84, spoke of the difficulty of obtaining proper financial support, and expressed his surprise at the smallness of the meeting. On motion of Mr. Sexton it was decided that the executive committee should have full power to act on matters of minor importance. After cheering the crew and Captain Storrow, and passing resolutions of thanks to Mr. French for his services as treasurer, the meeting adjourned...
...from day to day until this important meeting was almost a week after their advent into college life. The importance of early action cannot be overstated, for it is there that all the class officers are elected, and the class as a body does not exist or begin to act until after this meeting has taken place. The election of a temporary captain for the football eleven is the first thing necessary to put the men to work practicing, as nothing can be done without a head of some sort. This done, and that as soon as possible, we shall...
...recent decision of the acting attorney general enables athletes who win cups in foreign countries to bring them in free of duty in the future. The Spirit of the Times says: "The Ascot Cup, won by J. K. Keene's Foxhall in England, and detained in the New York Custom House for non-payment of duties, has been released, the Acting Attorney-General giving an opinion that "the article in question having a similitude in material and quality and texture, and the use to which it may be applied, to a medal made of the same material-namely, gold...
...casting is completed and the base has been made it is expected that the whole statue will be put in position during the coming month. The day for dedication has not been selected, but the 28 of October has been suggested, that being the day on which the original act of the incorporation of the university was granted by the legislature...
...taken, one of these on time, but the result was not made public. On Saturday afternoon, the Columbia crew, who are also at the river, came up and called on Harvard. Captain Meikleham and Captain Perkins agreed to invite Mr. F. G. Brown, of the Nassau Boat Club to act as referee at the coming race between Columbia and Harvard on the 18th. Mr. Brown, as will be remembered, acted in the same capacity last year, with satisfaction to both parties. On returning home from the evening pull, our crew had a lively brush with the Columbia freshmen, in which...