Word: avoided
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...expenses. In years past single subscriptions have reached as high as $500, and '98 should attempt to equal this record. Considering the fact that the subscription is payable in five annual instalments we trust that each man will give as much as possible and as soon as convenient to avoid unnecessary trouble for the committee at the end of the year...
...object of the third change is to avoid the possibility of having the whole board retire at once, and to insure, by retaining half the old board in office after each election, a continuity of policy and experience which has hitherto been lacking. As the auditor is now to act as secretary of the board, the office of vice-president, which has been identical with the secretaryship, becomes superfluous...
...personal affair, far weaker than one which can be labelled with the class name, and can be presented to the class as a responsibility not to be escaped. Another practical advantage of such an organization would be, that any man could join by merely signing his name, and thus avoid running the gauntlet of a trial debate followed by an election...
...Freshman elevens. He will, in training the eleven this year, pick out the 'varsity team earlier, perhaps next Friday, so that the men can play together more in the games. They will then be worked less severely in the practice between games, so as to avoid all possible chance of injury. The third departure from the methods of former years is that the Freshmen will not be allowed to play with the 'varsity squad, although perhaps several of the best players in the incoming class will be requested to join the 'varsity...
...chosen as are firm and unsubservient in character. Furthermore, there is a danger that the board of directors be too largely composed of waiters, who cannot, on account of their position, act with the same independence as other members of the club. Enough representative men have been nominated to avoid the election of a partial board...