Word: motion
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...relic of the old time, when the ball was not always snapped back with the hands, has been eliminated. The rule which read, by one quick, continuous motion of the hands or of the foot' has been shortened by cutting out the words 'or the foot...
President Lowrey spoke of the importance of every member of the Council urging undergraduates to sign up for work in the navy, so that this matter may get a suitable start this summer. A motion that it be recommended to the Athletic Committee that each man on the wrestling team who wins his bout in the meet with Yale be awarded an insignia, was passed. A. K. Reading 1G.B., business manager of the Register, urged the importance and necessity of using up the trade advertisements in the Register. The proposal made by J. A. Donovan '13, that a member...
...meeting of the Athletic Committee held yesterday afternoon no definite action was taken in regard to making hockey a major sport, the motion being referred to the undergraduate members of the committee, under the rules of the committee. Rule 4 states: "The "H" may be awarded to any candidate for a University team by vote of the Committee upon the recommendation of the Captain." The undergraduate members, after considering the proposition, will report their decision back to the Athletic Committee. Such action is necessary before a definite decision can be reached...
...subject of yesterday's lecture was "The Problem of Evil." Mr. Tagore said in part: life is essentially in motion and evil helps to draw it forward. But too often we exaggerate its importance by regarding it as static. The true movement of life is towards the enlargement of itself; selfishness may be regarded as the basic cause of evil, and society having thus gotten out of gear, we are obliged to use coercion to maintain order. Evil proves the dignity of life in that it is the right of man to suffer, but it is the duty...
...Other speakers expressed the opinion that it would be advantageous if territorial or other clubs were permitted to use the rooms of the Union with a smaller percentage of their number members of the Union than is now demanded. After a debate, however, the proposition was defeated by a motion put before the whole Forum. Another suggestion was that more prominent members of the Faculty be asked to speak in the Union than at present. This idea was given further support by a speaker from the Law School...