Word: appointment
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...alterations by the students. The 'Hopkins House of Commons' was incorporated. The officers were to be as follows: 1, a speaker elected twice a year, who was to have all the duties of the same officer in the English House of Commons, and, besides, the executive power of appointing the prime minister; 2, a prime minister, who was always to belong to the majority of the house; 3, a foreign secretary; 4, a home secretary, who were to assist the prime minister in deliberation and debate - the two secretaries being appointed by the prime minister. The speaker was also...
...early Dutch Governors of the New Netherlands also used to appoint an occasional Thanksgiving day. Then the portly old citizens would kill their fat fowl and, with eating, drinking and smoking, cultivate within their ample bosoms, in their artless Dutch way, a love for all human kind...
...Moreover, for a long time after the Revolution, the official observance of Thanksgiving was confined to New England, and the first Thursday of November was generally selected. Various local customs existed throughout the country during this time, but very slow were the Governors, especially in the southern states, to appoint a day by official decree. New York took up the custom in 1817, but often faltered in expressions of thanks in the succeeding years...
...voted to instruct the chairman to appoint a committee of three to conduct a correspondence with the more prominent colleges in regard to the methods of marking pursued. The information so obtained will be used as a basis for devising an improved method for Harvard. Messrs. Merriam, Coolidge and Garrison, were appointed on this committee...
ARTICLE V. "It shall be the duty of the executive-committee to appoint principal desputants, suggest questions for debate, select books referring to subjects for debate to be reserved in a suitable place in the library, arrange for the meetings of the society whenever they have not been provided for by a vote of the society, make a report to the society at the beginning of each half year, and at each semi-annual meeting prepare a list of candidates from which the new members of the society shall be elected...