Word: ascertained
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...thorough and systematic canvass of the college to ascertain the presidential preferences of the students will be undertaken immediately after the April recess, under the management of the Harvard Union. The four undergraduate classes, the special and scientific students, the Divinity School, and the Law School will all be canvassed, and each student will be asked his first and second choice for a presidential candidate. A score of canvassers have already been appointed and the work will be completed and the result announced at the meeting of the Union on April 24. The officers of the Union are determined...
...investigation in New York on Tuesday evening to ascertain whether L. E. Meyers is, or is not an amateur, considerable damaging testimony was given, and it was clearly demonstrated that the runner was not a pure amateur...
...meeting of the students on Monday, March 3d, called to ascertain the feeling of the undergraduates on the recent Athletic regulations...
...college faculties was apparent. If professional trainers could not be employed, the spirit of college athletics would be rooted out, for while the association did not believe in much professionalism, a little was indispensable. It was then decided to call the roll of the colleges represented and ascertain the general feeling. Amherst's representative stated that he had been instructed to oppose the resolutions of the college faculties as a whole, but one section-that which allowed students only the four years of college or university in which to take part in the games the students favored. Columbia said that...
...this new science we are enabled to ascertain the origin of a rock, the changes its component parts have undergone, and in short its complete history. It gives us information regarding decay in building stone, and points out the injurious matter therein. The minerals in a rock are shown, no matter how minute they may be. The history of meteorites, up to this time unknown, is revealed by this science...