Word: caste
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...following reply to a foot-ball challenge sent by the class of '85 to '84 at Michigan University surpasses anything we have yet seen: "Resolved, That a common hangman be appointed; Resolved, That the common hangman burn the challenge in the presence of the class, after the secretary has cast the spit of the class upon it; Resolved, That the ashes be given to '85's foot-ball captain...
...Butler was elected governor by a majority of from 12,000 to 15,000. Nearly 47,000 votes were cast in Boston, out of a registration of 55,500. Butler's plurality in the city was 13,273. Ames was elected lieutenant governor. Mr. Bowerman, the Democratic candidate for lieutenant governor, received 6325 plurality, falling nearly 7000 behind the head of the ticket...
Each officer is to be voted for separately. All nominations shall be made viva voce, and shall be recorded on the blackboard by the clerk, but votes cast for persons not so nominated shall be counted. Speeches for or against candidates are unconditionally prohibited...
...voting shall be secret, check-lists being used. The class shall vote in eight equal sections, at eight separate polls. Voting by proxy shall not be allowed. Whenever a candidate receives a majority of votes cast on a formal ballot he shall be declared elected...
...students that, owing to the well known fairness of Harvard students in general, the whole matter would be settled to the satisfaction of all parties, and that Columbia and Harvard would still continue on their former footing of friendliness. The endeavor, however, of the Harvard Boat Club to cast the blame and discredit of the fiasco upon Columbia induced the directors of the Boat Club to call a mass meeting of the students to set the true statement of the case before them and gain their consent for its publication. This statement has already been published in the New York...