Word: neutrals
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...which time the chairman will take a vote as to whether the speaker may continue or not. All those who favor military camps will sit on the chairman's right, and those opposed to them on his left. In the centre there will be a small section for neutral persons. At the end of a speech anyone may change sides, without necessarily admitting that he has been won over, merely to show his approval of the speech. Any who are forced to leave before the end of the meeting may give their votes to tellers who will be stationed...
...games have been held in the Stadium for the past two years and it was offered to the convention again, but it was decided that wherever practicable the meet should be held upon the field of one of its own members rather than upon neutral territory. The program of events will remain the same as last year...
...actually playing the puck or within striking distance of it. This idea was introduced by Coach Winsor of the University and B. A. A. sevens and will tend to make the game faster and more spectacular. On recommendation of Coach Winsor it was further decided to establish a "neutral zone" about each goal, definitely fixing the distance a player may past forward from behind his goal and the distance he may come out to check an opponent...
...Corporation has announced that Harvard University had intended to extend to Professor Kuno Meyer a formal invitation to lecture at the University on the subject "Celtic Literature" in which he is so eminent; but in view of his active propoganda among the Irish in behalf of Germany, and the neutral attitude assumed by the University in regard to the war, it was decided not to extend the invitation...
...returning from Europe are unanimous in expressing the opinion that the Olympic games scheduled for Berlin in 1916 will in all probability have to be abondoned as a result of the war. There is evidence of a sentiment in favor of transferring the games to this or some other neutral nation, but in view of the condition that the majority of the nations will be in at the end of the war, it scarcely seems likely that they would be a success. Twenty-seven nations contributed 4,742 athletes in the Olympic games of 1912 at Stockholm, Sweden, and many...