Word: controlable
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...impossible to bring about permanent reforms by action within a party; Bryce II, 83, 108; American, 1890, p. 436. a. Case of Roosevelt. b. Hill and Quay hold absolute control in their respective parties...
...over $32,000 is spent on athletics at Harvard, there is a very natural desire on the part of all those in any way interested to know where the money comes from and for what it is spent. In order to have some responsible person to control this great fund, a graduate treasurer was last year appointed for the purpose not of taking direct charge of all the receipts and expenses of the various teams, but to have a general supervision of all the accounts and receive whatever surplus remains at the end of the year. The different teams...
...first annual report of the graduate treasurer for athletics is enough in itself to show conclusively that the plan of having an older head to control our athletic expenses is a good one. When we think of the bad management in some of the past years, we wonder that the position of graduate treasuer was not established long before. Now that it has been put on a sure footing, we need have no longer the slightest fear of utterly reckless and extravagant managing by undergraduates...
Lynam, M. S., 6, 165. Has rowed at Bowdoin. Has the faults of a professional style. Does not control his recover or row his shoulders well back...
Shea '94, bow, 165. Has rowed in the B. A. A. crew. Does not control his recover, nor let his arms swing out freely, but keeps them at a constant angle with his body so as to raise his oar high in the air at the full reach...