Word: motions
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Door. Matters had gone too far for retraction - the door stood wide open for negotiations. Ball. The ball of a European political settlement was in motion. Not even the most skeptical observers could deny that matters of great historical significance were a-rolling...
...century ago in the Magenta, as the CRIMSON was called in its infant years, describing the Lexington and Concord centennial celebration of April 19, 1875. Only a Harvard cheer, "given by a party of undergraduates with great effect considering," was able to evoke from President Grant even "a faint motion of the risible muscles" on that historic occasion. If, as rumor has it, President Coolidge visits Cambridge next June, there will be ample opportunity to discover whether "a regular cheer for the President" will have the same effect...
...dignified silence with great effect. We believe that he was not observed to smile during the whole course of the day, except, indeed, when a Harvard cheer saluted him, given by a party of undergraduates with great effect considering. He then gracefully removed his plug, and a faint motion of the risible muscles was evident. His composure seems the more remarkable when we consider the ominous incident of his having tumbled through the platform at Concord...
...following motion was passed by the Athletic Committee at a meeting last night in connection with Mr. Geer's death...
...Curtis got the floor. He moved to adjourn sine die. Senator Trammell demanded a 'quorum. Mr. Curtis said a quorum was not necessary. Senator Bingham, who was in the chair, put the motion. There was a loud chorus...