Word: dangerous
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...business. A letter in the CRIMSON from one of the Directors complains of "unintelligent interference in matters of administrative detail at the hands of the Board of Directors." On that point it is time to say a frank word. The Co-operative Society has twice been in danger of collapse, both times because of lack of good business management by the Superintendent. The first time, the Society was carried through by the personal credit of the then president; in the second case, the directors practically refused to take the business-like precaution of a proper audit of the books, until...
This summer, the commission will make special efforts to examine the temperature of the basin, the currents and the tides and how much danger there is of causing malaria by constructing the proposed...
...does for the most part a cash business, has practically no debts, and is entitled to the best rating that Bradstreet or Dun give. The condition of affairs of the Society, being such ought net to cause anyone any uneasiness. The members of the Society are in no danger of being called-upon to pay the debts of the Society, even if they are liable, which is doubtful. So confident of the strength of the Society are the members of the Faculty who are on the Board that they are willing to take upon themselves all the responsibility...
...eighteen years been more than 50 out of 2,000 to 2,500. These two difficulties taken together are serious. Thirty men by combining could have controlled any one of those annual meetings and elected the officers except those who held over. If the plan proposed is accepted all danger of sudden and ill considered change is removed and the responsibility of members and of officers is defined...
...communicated to me, may be summed up substantially as follows: In those races where the crews are so unevenly matched that when once the lead is gained the contest becomes merely a procession, the struggle might be prolonged for a distance anywhere from three to six miles without much danger to any of the contestants. When, however, the boats are fairly well matched, the crews will ordinarily row their best for nearly the full distance. In such cases a three-mile race is less exhausting to the competitors. The longer the race, the greater the strain...