Word: constitutio
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...first entry in the journal informs us that "on February 17th, 1832, certain members of the senior and junior classes assembled to consider the expediency of establishing a society for improvement in the art of addressing considerable audiences, and a committee of five was appointed to draw up a constitutio." At the first regular meeting of society, February 24th, a constitution was adopted and the following officers were elected: Senior president, Geo. Ticknor Curtis; junior president, Daniel Fletcher Webster; senior secretary, Jas. A. Dorr; junior secretary, Francis (now Professor) Bowen. The constitution and by laws have been lost, but entries...
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