Word: board
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Board of Overseers will hold a special meeting at 50 State street, Boston, this morning at 11 o'clock to take final action upon the nomination by the Corporation of Professor Abbott Lawrence Lowell '77 as President of the University. There is little doubt that Professor Lowell's election will be confirmed, and there is a strong possibility of a unanimous vote by the Overseers...
...board was prevented from taking final action at the meeting last Wednesday by the following by-law: "No nomination of a member of the Corporation or of a permanent professor shall be ratified by the Board except at a meeting or adjournment held on seven days' notice; nor shall any such nomination be finally acted on at the meeting or adjournment at which it shall be made." Suspension of this by-law for a special occasion was made impossible by a second by-law which states that no amendments to the by-laws shall be made except on seven days...
...BOARD OF OVERSEERS. Special Meeting at 50 State street, Boston...
...board of trustees in charge of the administration of the endowment fund would be free to maintain churches of several denominations and, from its central location, could place in each community just such churches as were best suited to its needs. There are several organizations now in existence which are tending in this direction, and a number of denominations maintain national bureaus from which their work is directed...
...became acting dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at the beginning of the College year, owing to the illness of the late Dean Wright, will continue in this office throughout the remainder of the year. His continuance as acting dean was consented to by the Board of Overseers at their last meeting, at which the appointment of Professor Charles H. Haskins as dean was confirmed. Professor Haskins will not be able to enter upon his duties until next September, as he will leave for Europe, where he intends to study and travel, late in February. His place...