Word: chosen
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Every government reserves the unquestioned right to reject or accept the appointment to an embassy, with the result that the man chosen to fill a vacancy has to be in the first place acceptable to the foreign government. In this country the president makes the appointments to all the diplomatic offices, but his choice has to be passed by the senate. Since President McKinley's administration men have been appointed who have had previous training, and in Germany, Italy, Spain, Russia, and Japan a strict preparation is required of each candidate. These men advance step by step through the different...
...Twelve men will be retained for the final trials to be held next Wednesday, at which two teams, consisting each of three principals and an alternate, will be chosen. At the final trials competitors will again deliver ten-minute speeches, six speaking on each side of the question, the order of speaking to be determined by lot. Rebuttal speeches will also be required, these to be us based on suggestions given by the judges...
From start to finish the positions on the CRIMSON are open to competition. The average board is composed of ten editors, who are chosen from a large number of candidates, usually during four competitions, two Freshman year, and two Sophomore year, though the competition for Freshmen during the first half was omitted this year. One, two, three, or even four editors may be taken from each competition, according as they have proved their worth to the satisfaction of the managing editor. For the first few days the work is very general and consists of picking up about the College...
...line for the more serious work of actual management. In September the members of the Junior board take turns in assuming the entire responsibility for the contents and appearance of the next day's paper, and from the results of this work three assistant managing editors are chosen for the first half-year. Under the careful supervision of the managing editor each of the assistants takes entire charge of the paper two nights each week. He supervises the work of the candidates, corrects the copy, and directs the make-up. Each assistant has a personal interest in the general worth...
Aside from the officers of the paper, the duties of the CRIMSON editor are not great. One Sophomore or Junior is chosen each year to cover football, one to cover baseball, and one for crew. Candidates are therefore excluded from these fields. Simple assignments must be covered by members of the board during the examination periods, when no candidates are at work. They must attend board meetings at intervals to discuss questions of policy, and must sign the register in the office every day, subject to fine for neglect to do so. The same penalty is imposed for failure...