Word: chairman
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...committee have chosen Mr. C. M. Thayer as chairman and Mr. J. H. Ropes as clerk of the meeting...
...freshmen held their class meeting yesterday afternoon in Upper Massachusetts. The meeting was called at 3 o'clock. At 2.57, Mr. Walter Littlefield, of the English High School, called the meeting to order, and W. P. Tryon, of the Boston Latin School, was elected chairman. At 3 o'clock, another large delegation appeared, who challenged the election of the chairman, on the ground that the meeting had been called before the appointed hour, and they, on their part, elected another man, Mr. Clark, of Boston, to fill the office...
Great confusion followed. Each chairman endeavored to maintain his position in the loudest possible manner, until, in the height of the excitement, Mr. Clark was forcibly ejected from his position by one of the opposing party. To restore order, Mr. Sears, '89, was agreed upon by all parties as a proper man to act as chairman...
...Sears then made the freshmen a short address, stating that he had not come to the meeting to act as their chairman, but to advise them concerning the election of their foot-ball captain. He extended a cordial invitation to every one to come out and try for the foot-ball team. He advised the class not to elect a permanent captain for the eleven until later in the season, and, speaking of the action taken by the Board of Overseers, showed how necessary it was to act carefully in order that freshman contests should not be abolished altogether...
...number of Harvard men, anxious to arouse a greater interest in foot ball among the preparatory schools in Boston and its vicinity and thus secure better candidates for the college team, have taken an important step toward this end. A committee consisting of J. H. Sears (chairman), A. P. Butler, F. C. Woodman, C. A. Porter, F. S. Fiske, and R. S. Hale (secretary) have donated a cup, to be called the Boston School football Challenge Cup. The conditions governing the cup provide that schools within fifteen miles of Boston, and such others as the committee may admit...