Word: holding
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...time when the fever for the regulation of undergraduate participation in extra-curriculum activities has enveloped both Yale and Princeton, it is well that the problem be discussed with respect to conditions at the University. On the surface it seems desirable that as many students as possible should hold offices, that the burden of the activities should not fall on a few shoulders, and that the entire time of a few office holders should not be given for the benefit of the remainder of the student body. But it is doubtful whether the artificial method in vogue at New Haven...
...first glance the foundation of a fellowship whereby a single English student may study at the University may not seem to be of much importance. Yet, if the educated classes of England and the United States hold aloof from one another, the chance for the real international friendship which comes of long acquaintance will be small indeed. It took the actual comradeship of the front line trenches, stripping away social mannerisms and prejudices, to teach the American soldier in France to like and respect the Briton. Unfortunately, it is impossible to stage a war very frequently to promote international good...
...been decided by the Junior class to hold a smoker within the next two weeks, and in preparation for this, a committee has been chosen, which was announced yesterday. The following members of the class of 1920 have been appointed: R. W. Emmons, chairman; S. Frothingham, H. F. Gibbs, L. T. Lanman, R. A. Lancaster, J. F. Lee, B. Lewis, R. H. Ware, L. M. Weld, and R. B. Williamson. These men will meet in the immediate future to decide definitely on the date of the smoker and discuss plans...
...usual manner of such appointments at the University, following the nomination and recommendation of the Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge, England, Failing a candidate from Cambridge, the Vice-Chancellor may select a candidate from any other university in the United Kingdom. A provision is made that the same person may hold the Fellowship for three consecutive years upon three consecutive nominations...
...Department of the technicalities of the City Fire Code, the Committee in charge of the 1921 Smoker, scheduled for tomorrow night in the Union, has announced that the entertainment has been indefinitely postponed. The authorities refused a permit for the smoker when they learned that the Senior Class was holding its smoker there this evening. The Fire Department stated that it was contrary to rules to permit two entertainments to be held in the Union on two successive nights. The reason for the regulation being in the Code is unknown. Sometime before the end of the year the Class...