Word: latter
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...School crew began rowing last Wednesday with exceptionally good material. The men are all experienced oarsmen and will make a fast crew if they can get together in the short time that remains before the race. Two of the men--Howe and Auchincloss--have rowed on Yale crews, the latter having pulled number three on last year's four-oared crew, which, for the first time in years, defeated the Harvard four...
...Committee and already sanctioned by the Board of Trustees were voted upon, and passed. J. A. Burgess '04 presided and outlined the proposed changes, which are as follows: Article IV, Officers: Section 3, "The vice-president shall discharge the duties and all the rights of the president when the latter is absent." Section 5, "The Secretary shall keep the records of the Union and give notice when the meetings are to be held." Article V, Standing Committees: Section 2, "The House Committee shall be constituted as follows: Five representatives of the College and Scientific School, to be voted...
...stories and a play complete the number. "The Viceroy's Treasure" is bare where it might have been convincing; and it is difficult to determine whether "Upon Thy Children's Children" is or is not farce. The latter begins rather effectively with an Indian legend and ends with an entirely obvious and uninteresting love story, apparently intended to illustrate the ancient theme of the legend. "The Ambassador" is clever, light, and decidedly amusing. Without it the number would be a comparative failure; as it is, Mother Advocate turns into the road for a new volume with at least one good...
...held on Monday afternoon to consider several proposed changes in the constitution. These provide for a more careful wording in different sections where the meaning is slightly ambiguous, and for the carrying out by the vice-president, in the absence of the president, all the duties of the latter. This second change will be made necessary because of the fact that Major H. L. Higginson h.'82, the president, is unable to give attention to the actual running of the Union. Changes are also suggested to provide for a smaller House Committee, and a Membership Committee to include...
...Freshman and class crews worked indoors and will probably continue to do so until the latter part of the week. Both the "John Harvard" and the "Veritas" are now ready for use, but they will not be launched until all stray cakes of ice have left the river...