Word: fills
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Every government reserves the unquestioned right to reject or accept the appointment to an embassy, with the result that the man chosen to fill a vacancy has to be in the first place acceptable to the foreign government. In this country the president makes the appointments to all the diplomatic offices, but his choice has to be passed by the senate. Since President McKinley's administration men have been appointed who have had previous training, and in Germany, Italy, Spain, Russia, and Japan a strict preparation is required of each candidate. These men advance step by step through the different...
...captains who have been unable to go through the season with their teams. Last fall the football eleven lost its leader in the middle of the season, and now it is announced that illness has caused the resignation of the captain of the crew. It will be hard to fill Severance's place in the boat and it will be hard for the crew to change its captain, but if bad fortune had to come, we are glad that it came at this time. There are more than the usual number of good oarsmen in College now, and although difficult...
...principal reasons for making the change were that Carlisle is not strictly a college and so has less claim to a place on the schedule than Brown, and that the latter will better fill the requirements of the schedule...
...start was made in the fall, there being no practice until late in November. Since then the greatest number of men to report has been twenty-two, not enough to fill three boats, and the number has been gradually decreasing...
...naturally fallen off slightly because of the mid-years, but before that there was a decided increase in numbers. The members seem to be satisfied with the new system and it will probably be continued indefinitely. It is a pity that this institution which could be made to fill a pleasant and important place in College life should be in such straits as in the past few months. And we sincerely trust that things have been put on a sound basis...