Word: council
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...BOARD OF ASSESSORS."Some of the houses in question have been taxed in the past when occupied by persons not connected with the University. The matter will come up at the next meeting of the City Council and will then probably go to the Supreme Court for final settlement...
President Low of Columbia has appointed an Athletic Council, composed of Professors J. H. Van Amringe and James F. Kemp and Dr. Watson S. Savage, the physical director, to supervise and regulate the conditions on which students may represent the university in athletics. Hitherto there has never been any kind of faculty supervision of athletics, largely because no need for it has been apparent. But of late there has been a growing tendency for athletes to enter the university as special students, taking a minimum of courses and devoting their main energies to athletics. Such men have of course always...
...understood that President Low's action in appointing the committee was taken largely at the request of certain representative students. The undergraduate sentiment is heartily in favor of checking the objectionable custom, and will certainly support the council in whatever action it may take...
...definite function of the council is twofold: to see that no student shall represent the University in athletics unless he is a bona fide student, passing examinations in a reasonable amount of work; and to assist bona fide students who wish to enter athletics to arrange their work as advantageously as possible...
DEAR SIR:- I am instructed to communicate to you the action of the athletic council regarding your proposition for a boat race. The Cornell navy accepts the proposition of the Yale University Boat Club for a four mile, eight oared race the coming season at the place and time named by Yale, provided Cornell be allowed in return to name the place and time of a similar race for next year. Cornell expresses furthermore her acceptance of Yale's suggestion to merge the race of this year, Harvard willing, in a triangular race with Harvard...