Word: forbidding
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...matter in this way is a mistake, for this does not state the real issue. In the first place, the only authority which has so far appeared for the necessity of abandoning the Statue exercises is the somewhat vague statement that certain members of the Corporation stand ready to forbid the erection of the stands in the Delta this year because of the danger of fire. If that is really the purpose of the Corporation and they as a body wish it to be understood that that is their attitude there is no need of further argument as to whether...
...important aspect of the class election question seems thus far to have gone unnoticed. It has been proposed to forbid re-elections until the Senior year, in order that the final officers may be chosen on the basis of previously proved executive ability. To this it has been objected that the rule will often result in forcing the retirement, for a year or two, of the most capable officers. This point is good, but it goes only half way. Executive ability has in both cases been treated as a fixed quality in the candidates under consideration. In reality the power...
...honor in athletics, with regard to training, is mentioned next, as a contrast to the comparative indifference shown by some to downright dishonesty in preparing college work and in explaining absence from lectures. As to the latter, "able-bodied youths are afflicted with diseases that admit all pleasures and forbid all duties." . . . College ideals are for the most part high, however, and we should not forget "that, when all is said, our undergraduates themselves are constantly purifying and uplifting college honor...
...townswomen of Salem are discovered making merry in the absence of their husbands who have gone to fight the Indians. When Cavendishe, who is one of the leaders in the expedition, returns to Salem, he decides to forbid public love-making. In an effort to evade this law, Charitie sends a love message to Portentous; but owing to a misconception, the latter believes his suit hopeless and attempts suicide. Just at this time the two exiles arrive by ship and are allowed to remain after examination. As they go in search of lodgings, Mothere Broomstycke and her crew of witches...