Word: government
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...following committee was appointed in December to frame a constitution: W. R. Thayer '81, chairman; J. J. Storrow '85, R. C. Bolling '00, J. W. Hallowell '01, H. B. Clark '01. In drawing up this constitution for the Union, a careful examination was made of the regulations which govern Houston Hall at the University of Pennsylvania, and the similar organizations in English universities. The constitution upon its completion was submitted to the original Committee on Regulations. By them it has been referred for amendment and final approval to a larger committee. This consists, in addition to the members...
...Marshall who established in unquestioned integrity the position of the judiciary as co-ordinate with and equal to the legislative branches of the government, and made the Supreme Court recognized as the power qualified to sanction or veto legislative acts. He laid down for all time the fundamental considerations which fix and govern the relative functions of the nation and the States, he defined the powers of the legislatures, and made clear the conception and theory of the American doctrine of constitutional law. He was not overweening in his assumption of the power of the court, but, on the other...
...Senior Election Committee has adopted the following rules to govern the election of Class Day officers in accordance with the plan of 1900. The date of the election will be announced in Friday's Crimson...
...Department of the Classics has announced in a recent pamphlet the conditions which will govern the award of Bowdoin Prizes for the year...
...power to hold and govern territory without making it a part of the United States is given by necessary implication in the treaty and war-making power. In the Constitution the states delegated to the national government the power to make war and treaties. Did they at the same time delegate the right to hold territory without bringing it under the organic laws? The states do not possess this right today, and clearly they must have given it to the federal government with the treaty and war-making power. The affirmative contention is to make the United States a cripple...