Word: friction
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...more efficient disciplining of delinquents; that the overseers approved these rules, though still "retaining their opinion as to the desirability of an early morning report." The year's record is satisfactory evidence that a roll-call was not necessary, for its good effects have been obtained without the friction it would inevitably have produced. Under the new rules the daily attendance of students has been more regular than ever before, and has been fully up to the standard any reformer could desire. The slackness in attendance near the beginning and end of recesses has also been checked under...
...first it will be little more than an advisory committee of the presidents; but as time goes on and the system develops, its powers will be increased and defined as far as may seem advisable. By means of this council it is hoped to avoid a good deal of friction and misunderstanding which under the present system unavoidably arises between the different schools...