Word: government
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...students alone, passed the faculty by what was practically a unanimous vote. An approach to unanimity is not of very frequent occurrence when that body votes on matters of general policy, and in this case it proves how strong a desire now exists there to let the students govern themselves, wherever such government appears likely to succeed...
...books can be kept out for the regular period of four weeks, just as is the case with old books. It is obvious, however, that in the great majority of cases, new books are in a much greater demand than old books, and that the same rules should govern the distribution of both is manifestly unfair. In a number of public libraries where books are kept out regularly two weeks, all new books must be returned within one week. It would seem, therefore, as our correspondent suggested, that some distinction might be established in our own library between...
...gymnasium at Tufts, although now completed, still remains unused owing to the unsettled condition of the rules which are to govern...
...class societies that they tend to produce too great exclusiveness, and to magnify class distinctions, is met by the reply that class feeling is a good thing, and that the experiment of university societies for social purposes failed at Yale. It is sometimes claimed that the senior societies govern the college press. The fact that on the editorial boards of all the papers except the Yale Literary Magazine, the non-society men greatly outnumber the society men, efficiently disproves this. The charge of favoritism, the writer dismisses as almost groundless, and asserts that many instances have been known where...
...races will be called promptly at 3 P. M., and will be governed by the following rules: "Contestants will be notified before each event and must be on their marks promptly, or the event will be started without them." "Only club officials and members of the press will be allowed inside the track." "A bell will be rung at the beginning of the last lap." "No coaching the contestants allowed."No professional bicycle rider will be allowed to start any contestant." "Bicycle Union and League rules to govern the meeting." The entries include many names of note in bicycling circles...