Word: allows
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...place,- danger to life in case of a panic during the exercises. Of course the danger of fire could be minimized by having watchmen; but the danger of a panic can not be obviated without greatly reducing the attendance. Over 5000 people are now crowded into an enclosure which allows each one a space of little over two square feet. 4000 of these people are seated on the stands about the edge and very closely packed together to allow an open space in the centre for the exercises. The Corporation believe that this is too much like tempting fate...
...accordance with their usual custom, the Administrative Board will, upon petition, probably allow students who live at a considerable distance in the South or West extra leave of absence at the beginning of the recess to make up for the time needed for the journey home. At the close of the recess, however, all are required to register at the same time...
...been the almost universal hope and the general belief in Cambridge that the two universities would not allow a trivial matter to keep their athletic teams apart long. The good, which some believed a cession of athletics would accomplish, has been done, if it will be done at all, and it is time for a new and healthier rivalry to begin. It is to be hoped that those who have in charge the proposals for the renewal of athletics will not let any trivial technical points of pride or diplomacy keep the two universities apart...
...recent petition of the University Glee Club for a western trip during the Christmas holidays. The Faculty forbade the trip last winter, but it was hoped that this year the vote might be reconsidered. Yesterday afternoon, however, at their regular weekly meeting, the Faculty voted not to allow the trip this year...
...decision of the Faculty not to allow the musical clubs to make their Christmas trip will bring the keenest disappointment not only to the members of the musical clubs themselves but to almost the whole undergraduate body. The disappointment is the deeper because no reason for forbidding the trip, which appears to the undergraduates to be of any weight, has been given them...