Word: acted
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...society hall, he took occasion to make some statements, which, on that account, deserve attention. "The problem of housing students." he says especially in American universities, has long been a serious one. To coop them up in large dormitories or barracks, with possibly a tutor or young professor to act as policeman over them, has always been a fruitful cause of disorder. So fully is this recognized that, where it is possible, dormitories have been frequently done away with, and in every such case the improvement in college discipline has been immediate and striking." And on the other hand, although...
...Williams, captain of Union Boat Club, will act as referee. The judges are, for '84, not yet chosen; for '85, Mr. Delano; for '86, Mr. E. T. Cabot; for '87, Mr. Smith...
...increased to 850 scholars alone, and the roll of instructors equals many a small college. As in the case of most of the large English schools, all the governing power was first centered in the provost and masters, but this absolute rule was soon changed by an act of Parliament ; and now, in Eton, as in all other schools of its kind, the fellows must be chosen from Oxford, Cambridge, and the Royal Society...
...There seems to be a good deal of insubordination among college faculties, and in several instances students have been compelled to act with decision and sternness. The Princeton students a short time ago found so much difficulty in enforcing discipline among the professors that they published a statement in regard to the bad conduct of the faculty, in order to array public sentiment against the wrong-doers. The seniors of Hamilton College have been brought face to face with a rebellion on the part of the faculty, and it seems probable that in the end the rebellion will triumph. Only...
Both the Hasty Pudding Club and the University Boat Club are to be congratulated. The pudding men, because they have had such a handsome tribute to their acting abilities that a third performance is demanded and to be given, and the crew men, because a third performance in Union Hall and the large audience which it will surely draw, will add another considerable sum of money to their treasury. The large number of applicants who failed to get tickets to the first two entertainment's will now find a chance to get what they desired. They and all the college...