Word: council
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...council of the University of the City of New York propose to move that institution to a site near Kings Bridge, New York...
...government of the people was not at all intricate, consisting of a king, who was more a "father of the people" than an oppressor, a number of minor princes, and a council of the elders. The king interfered very little in the affairs of the people, but rather took the part of a champion of the weak against the strong...
...United States, but by far the most important. These Sioux constitute the most important tribe of recent United States history. It was this tribe which has been most strenuous in opposition to the advances of civilization; it was to settle difficulties with the Sioux that the famous council of 1868-9 met; it was this tribe whose warriors were most belligerent...
...compulsory studies to the minimum, and by so arranging the electives that the student will naturally incline towards devoting himself to specialties. If these proposals are carried out, the School of Arts will be able to produce a most attractive academic course. The proposals originated with the University Council, and if they are accepted by the Faculty, they will be laid before the Trustees on February 2 for final consideration...
...twenty-one members have died and four have resigned, making the total number of deaths since the organization of the association fifty-one, and of resignations twenty. The following table shows the growth in membership of the association since the publication of the first regular report by the council on April...