Word: actions
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...justice to the '84 crew, we would say that while this editorial is, of course, based on their action in adopting the new stroke, yet, in their case, it made not the slightest difference to the university crew, excepting the precedent established...
...there will be materially less learning by heart. This learning by heart, which has occupied such a prominent place in the work of these courses, although offering many advantages to the student of the French language, has been the means of keeping many men away from the courses. The action of the French department in decreasing this somewhat disagreeable work will be appreciated by the students in the increased attendance. French 8 will be continued upon the same plan on which it is now conducted, and is intended especially for extra men. The books read during this year will...
...just come to light that members of the Cambridge Bicycle Club have been in the habit of practicing on the Holmes Field track at five o'clock in the morning, a somewhat unusual hour. As no permission has been given this club to avail itself of the track, the action of some of its members would seem to exhibit a degree of "nerve" that is rather surprising...
...Yale News of Thursday contains an account of a meeting of the Yale freshman class that is thoroughly characteristic of Yale. The meeting was called to discuss what action the class thought best to take on the arrangement of the first freshman ball game with Harvard. After considerable discussion about the correspondence on the subject that had already passed between New Haven and Cambridge, one of the speakers, Mr. Goodwin, declared that "upon consultation with a large number of upper classmen, and upon finding the views of the class on the subject, he thought that the whole college would sustain...
...president of the college appeared on the scene. Black eyes and bloody noses were the fashion. Only one student was badly wounded. The sophomores suffered most. It is thought that the ill-feeling between the two classes will now be dropped, and that the faculty will take no action in the matter. [Collegian...