Word: adopts
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...March 22, that the mortar-board tassels be of crimson rather than of black. Several '95 men whom I have asked about the matter agree with me that the idea is an excellent one; so I wish to use this means to help induce the Class Day Committee to adopt the new plan...
...meeting of the delegates from Williams, Dartmouth and Amherst in Springfield Saturday, it was decided to adopt the Williams compromise, which was drawn up and advised by the Williams alumni advisory committee. The Dartmouth baseball team will be allowed to play in the triangular league provided there are on the team no medical students who entered after the '94 ball season, none who take less than 12 hours a week in studies, and no freshman medical students. It was voted that Dartmouth be debarred from the league in 1896 unless the team shall consist entirely of students in the academic...
...than what has been resorted to. Indeed, within two years, in addition to repeated warnings, the very means suggested in the next point taken up by the communication, - that of expelling members, - has been tried. But this has not proved a remedy. It is, moreover, an undesirable measure to adopt, since the disturbances have not been in the nature of "insults" from a few men, but have been rather in the nature of boisterous action very generally participated in. To single out one man and expel him has not proved successful in restoring good order, and is, moreover, a great...
...would ensure free discussion. - (a) A secretary's motion would not be referred to a committee, for - (1) his motion is already, as it were, the report of a committee. - (2) Both Houses would adopt rules against doing it. - (b) A secretary's speech in the open House would be reported, whereas his speech before a committee is not reported...
...joint committee of the Wendell Phillips Club and Harvard Union have completed arrangements for the competition to select the speakers. Owing to the ever increasing number of men who try for these debates, it has been thought advisable, this year, to adopt a new method of choice...