Word: electively
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...this power not as a gift but as a matter of right, guaranteed by the fundamental law of the college organization. A temporary Board of Founders and later a permanent Board of Managers, each consisting of four Americans and four natives, were organized in Turkey, and the authority to elect successors, whether Americans or natives, was vested in the native constituency alone...
Under the new plans the entrance requirements for students intending to become engineers will remain the same as those for admission to the courses leading to degrees in the arts and sciences. During the first year all engineering students, regardless or which branch they elect later, will pursue the same studies, which correspond to those now given in the freshman year of the civil engineer curriculum They include analytical geometry, calculus, chemistry, engineering drawing English, a foreign language, and hygiene and physical-education...
...residing in Cambridge may become non-resident members. They shall enjoy all the privileges of the Union, but they shall not vote for any officer. Past members and all officers of the University may become life members on payment of $50; students, on payment of $75. The Union may elect not more than four honorary members, providing each candidate for honorary membership has received the approval of the Governing Board and the Undergraduate Committee, and providing no resident members protest his election...
...Elect Provisional Executive Committee...
Further changes followed in 1780, when Massachusetts adopted a constitution, and subsequent acts of the Legislature provided for the eligibility of clergymen of different denominations for the Board. Then in 1865 the power to elect the Overseers was transferred to "all holders of A.B., A.M., or honorary degrees, voting in Cambridge on Commencement Day". In 1907 and 1916 the number of the Overseers was increased and the right to vote for these men was given to holders of all degrees of Harvard and its graduate schools. The new bill will make it possible for all graduates to vote...