Word: motion
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...motion was made and unanimously adopted that the Faculty be requested to appoint a committee a consider the plans proposed and report their decision...
...undoubtedly to bring forward what seemed to the writer a practical suggestion which ought to be considered. Wholly without intending it, he so phrased the letter, that several crew managers, including at least one graduate, felt that the communication implied dishonesty on their part. Of course such a motion is somewhat absurd, and those concerned probably realize it by this time. It also appears that the suggestion as to purchasing shells is not a new one. The management have considered it before, and have good practical reasons for setting it aside...
...general meeting of the Signet last evening a motion was passed expressive of the grief of the members at the loss of their former comrade, Marshall Newell...
...management has been extremely effective. No detail seems to have been overlooked. The whole machinery of a small theatre had to be constructed and set in motion for only four performances and a dress rehearsal; and the smoothness which has marked the whole production is a credit to the executive ability of those who have had the affair in hand...
...meeting of the executive committee of the Canadian Club of Harvard University held on Wednesday evening, Nov. 3, a motion was passed in the name of the club heartily endorsing the project of forming a University Club...