Word: motion
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...motion was then made and passed that the executive committee notify all members of the club one week before they are expected to debate. The subject and speakers for the next debate have not yet been definitely decided upon by the executive committee...
...Each office shall be voted for separately. All nominations shall be made viva voce and shall be recorded on the blackboard by the clerk, and votes cast for persons not so nominated shall not be counted. No motion to close the nominations shall be in order until a fair chance has been given to each voter to make his nomination...
...large portion of the investigatory work has been in the field of stellar spectra. Professor Pickering, in conjunction with others, has derived a new method of determining the relative motion of two stars in the line of sight. The method depends on the calculation, by means of photographic plates, of the relative variation in the position of the spectra of the two moving stars. There is reasonable belief that this method will enable such calculations to be made with a degree of accuracy hitherto unobtainable. The spectra of many obscure stars have been carefully studied, and in some cases, peculiar...
...Sophomore Class, held last night in Sever 11, Malcolm Donald presided. M. Jackson moved that the president be empowered to appoint committees to send letters of condolence to the parents of G. A. Hoyt, E. G. Throop and H Dwight, members of the class, who died recently. This motion was seconded by G. M. Sargeant. F. C. Sutro amended to the effect that the president appoint three separate committees, each to be composed of close friends of their deceased classmates. The motion thus amended was unanimously carried. The committees were appointed as follows...
...motion was carried to have another meeting of the class in November to consider the matter of a class dinner in the spring...