Word: controls
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Master shall be appointed by the Harvard Athletic Association, before each meeting. He shall, if he sees fit, appoint no more than two assistants, to be called first and second "whips," respectively. He shall carry a whistle or horn, and in a "slow hunt" shall control the actions of the pack by the following signals: by blowing once to stop, and twice...
...slight, but nevertheless important change in college control has within a few months been quietly effected among us. The transference of the oversight over student attendance at lectures from the office to the individual instructors, must be counted worthy to rank among the great strides made of late toward a perfect system of college government. Just as in politics, the nearer the government is to the people governed, the more effective it becomes, so in the case before us. The great reason for this new method of regulating attendance, lies in the fact that each instructor is much better qualified...
...most powerful weapons of the man who would be a leader in public affairs, is the command of his voice. We are repelled or attracted by the tones by which a speaker employs, and it is therefore of the utmost value to the acter that he is in control of the means by which he can conciliate and move his hearers. In a country like our own where every man may feel called upon to take part in public affairs, and indeed where men are sometimes drawn into a political career almost against their will, the study of delivery becomes...
Your committee on the celebration of the 250th anniversary desire to make the following report: The college authorities have set apart for this celebration three days, Nov. 6th, 7th and 8th. Of these, Monday, the 8th, is to be graduates day, and will be under the sole control of the graduate committee. Sunday, the 7th, will be observed by appropriate religious services. Saturday, the 6th, is to be undergraduates day. Your committee was requested to prepare and carry out plans for the suitable observance of this day. These plans, which have received the cordial approval of the graduates committee, they...
...himself of these advantages, so admirable in every way, should not be able to do so. The subject of expense at Harvard has been accepted, and with good reason, during the past few months, but while much depends on the students themselves, there are other circumstances wholly beyond student control, which tend to aggravate the evil. One is the lack of proper dormitories, the other, a cause which has always been felt, the impossibility of getting good food at low prices. The fare at Memorial Hall is now very good. Consequently the hall is full. But many men have applied...