Word: expellable
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...action was hasty. We are told that every effort had previously been made to prevent disturbances by other means than what has been resorted to. Indeed, within two years, in addition to repeated warnings, the very means suggested in the next point taken up by the communication, - that of expelling members, - has been tried. But this has not proved a remedy. It is, moreover, an undesirable measure to adopt, since the disturbances have not been in the nature of "insults" from a few men, but have been rather in the nature of boisterous action very generally participated in. To single...
...should most emphatically be the last. If some men in Memorial are determined to show the ungentlemanly side of their nature the directors of the Dining Association should make a stringent rule to meet such cases, and the next time the offenders make an exhibition of themselves, expel them from the hall. The repetition of the offense three times justifies severe measures. It is, of course, unfortunate that people are allowed to show their own bad taste by their presence in the gallery of Memorial to watch us eat, but this does not excuse unmannerly exhibitions on our part...
They shall pass, from time to time, any rules or regulations which they may deem necessary, in regard to the use of the boat-house or boats, and have the power to expel from the club or suspend from the use of the boat house for a limited time, any member who shall violate any of the rules made by the committee or whose continuance in the club is injurious to its interests...
...given him of having his position at Lawrencevile reserved for him. Cash entered only for the foot ball season, the Princeton men say, and in order to comply with the rule that he must stay the year out he will cut so many recitations that the faculty will expel...
...have two ideas in our minds, the stronger one will expel the weaker; but if they be of the same strength, they will blend, and when we recall one we can recall the other. The ease with which we can, after remembering one idea, recall the other, depends on the strength of the blending, and the strength of the blending depends on the strength of the ideas. Strong impressions make strong ideas, and all we can do to facilitate remembrance is, therefore, to strengthen the impressions. This can be done in two ways, first, by concentrating the attention...