Word: motion
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...motion to form an alliance with the Amateur Athletic Union was passed and in future the I. A. A. A. A. is entitled to representation at all meetings of the A. A. U. by four delegates, having collectively one vote. No action was taken on the challenge from the Western Intercollegiate Association for a meeting on the Saturday following the regular championship meeting in New York...
...chief objections to the rowing tanks in the Gymnasium is that the water cannot be made to circulate rapidly enough to imitate the motion of a shell. A plan which will probably be adopted is an endless chain of paddles to quicken the circulation of the water, to revolve in the inner trough on each side of the boat by steam power. If this plan proves practicable it will greatly lessen the drudgery of practice...
...freshman crews are practicing on the body motion after which they take a long run. At present the number of candidates is so large that individual coaching is made rather difficult...
...meeting of the freshman class was held last evening in Upper Massachusetts, to take action on the death of Charles Jeffries. Malcolm Donald presided. J. F. Curtis made a motion that a committee be appointed by the president to write an informal letter to Dr. Jeffries expressive of the general grief of the class. Donald appointed A. Adams, F. R. Nourse and H. Williams to act as that committee...
...meeting was held at Yale, on Wednesday night, of those interested in Civil Service Reform. A. P. Stokes, Jr., was elected temporary chairman. After several addresses by professors in the university, an appropriate motion was made to organize a Yale Civil Service Reform Club, and the following committee was elected to draw up a constitution: Chairman, A. P. Stokes, Jr., '96, P. C. Peck '96, W. R. Cross '96, E. E. Garrison '97, and H. Cuntz...