Word: appointment
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Dates: during 1874-1874
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...conduct of the next Collegiate Regatta. It is noticed, principally, that regattas have always been mismanaged, and the trouble lies in the multiplicity of managing committees or in their unwieldy nature. To remedy this, and make the arrangements harmonious and effective, it is suggested that some college graduate be appointed as Marshal, whose authority is to be supreme in all matters connected with the regatta, and who shall have power to appoint assistants and regulate their movements; the several captains to form an advisory board and elect the referee. But the Marshal is to be held responsible, and therefore will...
...Field Marshal, to be a member of the Board of Officers and the Field Committee. The following gentlemen were elected: President, B. R. Curtis, '75; Vice-President, E. C. Hall, '76; Secretary, C. Isham, '76; Treasurer, J. T. Linzee, '77. Mr. Green, '76, moved that the Board of Officers appoint the Field Committee and Field Marshal. This was carried, and also a motion to the effect that the adoption of a constitution be left to the Board of Officers. It was decided to embody in the constitution the rules to govern the sports. A motion of Mr. Curtis was passed...
SECT. 8. To help the Assistant Treasurer collect subscriptions, the Executive Committee may appoint a student, to whom they shall pay not exceeding five (5) cents on a dollar of the money collected...
SECT. 9. In order to relieve the Captain of the University Crew, they shall appoint from among the officers or members of the Boat Club, excepting the Treasurer or any member of the University Crew, a Regatta Agent, who shall be responsible to the Club for the performance of all the duties attendant on preparing, sending, and maintaining a University Crew at the Annual Regatta, except the discipline of the Crew and other duties, which the Captain retains to himself...
...professors of colleges and lyceums are appointed by the minister of Public Instruction. This is another of the numerous faults of instruction given by the state. The minister does not always appoint the best men, but those who come to him the most strongly recommended, or those whose ideas are most conformable to his own. These professors - modest men, a truly honorable body - thus find themselves, in some sort, public functionaries. In 1852, after the coup d'etat of December, they were required to swear allegiance to the Empire. Certain of them, either because they had already sworn allegiance...