Word: elects
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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While '88 was fortunate enough to elect good officers throughout, it was their good fortune to do so in spite of their meeting and not because of it. A more disorderly and riotous gathering was never held here, and, while some of the disturbance was undoubtedly due to the upper class men, still, by far the greater part of the blame rests on the freshman class. The methods of wardroom politics cannot advantageously be introduced into class meetings, and we hope the incoming freshman classes may have the good sense to avoid all such foolishness...
There will be a meeting of the St. Paul's Society this evening, at 7 o'clock, to elect officers for the ensuing half-year. All members are earnestly requested to be present...
There will be a meeting of the Senior Class this Monday evening at 7:30, in Holden Chapel, to elect officers for this year, and to transact other important business...
...teaching. Yale requires neither French nor German for admission, and "no instructor is provided in either language before the beginning of the junior year." Columbia compels her juniors to attend two exercises a week in political economy for half the year, and at Brown juniors and seniors may elect the subject for two hours a week, the one a half, the other a whole year. While the eleventh century thought it had a permanent curriculum in "Lingua, tropus, ratio, numerous, tonus, augulus, astra," history proves that the staples of education have changed, and reason says still more clearly that they...
Those who intend to elect English vi. should apply to Mr. Royce before June 7th. Mr. Royce would be glad to see anyone about this course, in his house, 14 Summer street. The course is intended to afford practice in extempore speaking on topics of general interest. The number of members must be limited to 21. Preference in choosing from among those who apply will be given to seniors or juniors. If more than 21 seniors apply preference will be given to those who seem best fitted to profit by the work...