Word: allowing
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...occurrences. They grow with great rapidity and by actual measurement bamboo sprouts have been known to grow to 3 feet in 24 hours. The Botanic Gardens, which are under the control of the Dutch government and occupy an area of nearly 1000 acres, have proved very useful because they allow plants to grow in their natural way where they can be studied during the whole year. The observation of hibernating plants is in this way greatly facilitated...
...meeting of the Athletic Committee last night, it was voted to allow the University fencing team to contest with Yale at New Haven, with Cornell in Cambridge and to enter the meet under the auspices of the New England division of the Amateur Fencing Association. An appropriation was made to continue the salary of M. Pianelli, the professional instructor...
...mind, the present plan should receive the support of all members of the Co-operative Society, including those of us who were opposed to the former plan, for it adopts as nearly as Massachusetts law will allow, the suggestions made by those in opposition to the first plan. It is wisely urged that under incorporation the members will be relieved of personal liability and the Society will be rescued from its present loose and indefinite form. In addition, the Society will be relieved of the revolutionary chances of an annual meeting, chances which have sometimes been more than theoretical...
Will you please allow me a short space in which to point out certain objections to the plan proposed by Mr. Ireland in the CRIMSON of November 11, which cannot but occur to me as a lawyer in practice? I believe with Mr. Ireland that the Society has reached a point in its successful growth where incorporation has become a highly important factor in its beneficial service. I differ from him as to the form the organization of the corporation shall take; for I am convinced that the plan voted by the meeting of November 7 is both legal...
...Athletic Committee held its second meeting last night in the Union. Professor Hollis presided. It was voted to allow Harvard to be represented in the Intercollegiate Cross Country Association, which holds its race on Thanksgiving Day. The schedule of the basketball team was approved, and the appointment of W. C. Clark '03 as manager of the track team was confirmed. It was voted to assist the Gun Club in erecting a more sightly shooting box on Soldiers Field. The chairman was empowered to appoint a new committee of three to consider a change in the location of the Trophy Room...