Word: function
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...have signified their intention of attending, so this opportunity is taken of reminding members of the class that all acceptances are due in four days. It is hoped that as many men as possible will be present at the dance, so as to make it a representative function as well as a financial success. Any members of the class who are members of the Union and have not received application blanks are requested to send word immediately to the Dance Committee at the Union...
...University has so changed in recent years that many students find no occasion, whatever for rising before 8 o'clock or even later. Why then should those who live within sound of this bell be subjected to this continual nuisance? The seven o'clock clang performs no conceivable useful function and only serves to add one unnecessary discomfort to the Yard dormitories...
...easiest thing in the world to sketch out in the closet a system of government; and it is one of the most difficult things in the world to make a government really function. In just the same way it is proverbially easy to preach morality, and still easier to applaud it when preached; but it is difficult to do the only thing that counts, which is to apply the morality in practice. For that reason when I speak of applied morality,--using morality in the largest sense, that is, for the efficient application of the principles, the carrying...
...with an excellent system for conducting business. That the undergraduates have faith in the new organization is clearly shown by the majorities polled for its ratification. Moreover, the administrative officers of the University are prepared to grant to the Council certain disciplinary powers, which will decrease the purely advisory function, to which is attributed a large share in the former Council's decline. These elements,--practical organization and support from Faculty and students,--are necessary and are not lacking...
...postponement. Such lack of spirit, especially in an upper class, is simply disgraceful. A committee to nominate class officers was to have been elected. The Junior officers have charge of the class dance. Such slothful indifference as was shown last night jeopardizes the success of the only public function in which the Junior class takes part...