Word: excepted
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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There is little doubt but that if the "sideshows" were abolished, greater interest would be centred on the University race. All these auxiliaries, except the Freshman and single-scull races, are foreign to the real object, of little interest in themselves, and their connection with the University race might be very fitly broken...
...work is to commence on the boat-house at once, all personal property, except boats, must be removed...
...nine o'clock on the morning of Class-Day the Seniors are expected to assemble in front of Holworthy Hall, ready to carry out a programme arranged nobody knows when, and arrayed in a costume never worn of a morning except on this one occasion. I have no desire to make war upon the customs of Class Day generally, although I think that had the class of '75 instituted the rush around the tree, '76 would have done away with it and no murmur would have been heard. Had '74 started the custom of delivering the very superfluous "Ivy Oration...
President Eliot said he was opposed to any admission to the bar, except after public examination, and that he thought no law school needed special privileges in regard to the admission of its students. He also considered, as in the English civil service, not only the learning of the candidate, but his character and antecedents, should be inquired into. This of course means that every person presenting himself to the bar for examination be required to bring a certificate of good moral character...
...proceedings of the Board of Directors made public, in order that we may judge how far each member of that Board deserves our confidence or our censure. And even if it is clearly shown that a director is inefficient, there is no way of impeaching him except to call an informal meeting of the Association to protest publicly against his continuance in office...