Word: movement
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...made by the students to obtain the rescindment of the obnoxious regulations, but all have been in vain. Hitherto, attempts have been confined to undergraduates; no concerted action has ever been taken by the Alumni of the University. It is of especial credit to the Alumni that the present movement was instituted, not at the instigation or by request of the undergraduates, but among themselves. Coming from a body of men in the prime of life, whose opinions on the subject are unbiased, this request ought to have great weight with the Faculty. It is singular that, after the liberal...
...gratitude of the college is due the gentlemen who have carried through this movement. Whether the request is granted or not, we shall always be grateful to the members of the Harvard Club of New York for their efforts in our behalf...
...allowing our nine to play with professionals. The result of the investigation was the almost universal acknowledgment by the graduates that the present system was unjust to the students. A fair statement of the case to the faculty was therefore decided upon. In order to show that the movement was not local and was not confined to a few men, the signatures of over two hundred of the older graduates were collected. The idea originated with the Harvard Club of New York; It was distinctly a graduate movement, and has been carried out without the assistance and knowledge...
...furtherance of the movement now going on in the colleges and educational establishments of Boston, a meeting of students was held Sunday afternoon in the lecture room of the B. Y. M. C. A., at the corner of Boylston and Berkeley streets. A delegation from Harvard was present, including Messrs. H. B. Gibson, J. H. Gray, E. L. Cummings, D. C. Torrey, H. R. Niles, F. D. Kalopothakes and J. W. Rice...
...last issue of the Yale News contains an editorial advising Yale students to cast aside the old-fashioned bristle tooth-brush, and use in its stead a fine woolen cloth. There is a strong movement on foot to keep the students at this operation during the exciting moments of a ball game...