Word: acted
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...business of a treasurer falls on the superintendent. It would be impossible for an undergraduate to spare the time necessary for attending strictly to the funds of the society, as in that case he would have to overlook the accounts daily. His duty is therefore principally to act as a check upon the superintendent who manages altogether the financial details...
...college athletics and to put the men of all colleges on an equal basis. Harvard, he said, would pass the resolutions any way, but Princeton would not concur on that account or on account of the concurrence of five of the smaller colleges. "Yale," said the gentleman, "did not act fairly in not attending the convention. It would not have compromised her. The idea is that Yale will be compelled to come in on account of having to forfeit otherwise the race with Harvard. Our idea for Princeton is to let the students have a field-master, who shall have...
...different colleges. It was understood that the resolutions and their adoption or rejection should not be made public until action had been taken on them by all the faculties separately. The reason was that the action of one should not influence the others, but that each should act independently. The article in the Advertiser was dated Providence, and from this we surmise that there must have been some breach of faith on the part of some one at Brown University or else this private matter would not have appeared in the papers. It seems a pity that people cannot restrain...
During the past few years several disagreeable controversies have arisen and much ill-feeling has been occasioned by the manner in which intercollegiate contests have been conducted. Students in their conventions represent no one but themselves, and often act without responsibility and authority, committing their fellow-students to a questionable policy and establishing precedents which are detrimental to the interests of college sports. Therefore...
...friends Cyril and Florian to allow them to go to the castle and attempt to turn the Princess from her stern resolve. The king not only gives his consent but agrees to go with them, and the four set out to capture Castle Adamant by cunning. The next act is at Castle Adamant, and after several vain attempts to enter the castle the four wanderers dress themselves up as "girl graduates" and in this way gain admittance within the sacred precinct. Once inside they attempt to influence the Princess, but are discovered and cast from the gates in disgrace. This...