Word: objection
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...object of the third change is to avoid the possibility of having the whole board retire at once, and to insure, by retaining half the old board in office after each election, a continuity of policy and experience which has hitherto been lacking. As the auditor is now to act as secretary of the board, the office of vice-president, which has been identical with the secretaryship, becomes superfluous...
...fact the whole object of the change from the old system is to give all men a better show for the 'Varsity, and to give every man of any experience, or of any promise, the benefit of class crew training. That this is the plan, is shown by the fact that in case two races for eights and one for four oars are not sufficient to keep all the likely men busy, Captain Goodrich intends to extend the system still further in order to give every one a chance...
...Young Men's Christian Association of that city, and will be unusually interesting and well attended. About 1500 delegates will be present from nearly 300 colleges, and in addition a large number of professors, returned missionaries, representatives of mission boards, and editors of leading religious papers. The object of the meeting is chiefly for the purpose of promoting interest in foreign missions among students...
...this year, about three weeks earlier than formerly. By this plan the candidates are all subjected to a thorough trying out process upon an equal basis; they are given more racing and the period of training for the great race in June is shortened to about seven weeks. The object of such a plan is twofold: to guard against the chances of overtraining a crew by reason of a long monotonous period of work, and to give the men who finally make up the crew racing ability...
...correspondence on the subject of class crew management which has appeared in today's and yesterday's communication column is anything but a wise form of handling college affairs. The object with which the first letter was written was undoubtedly to bring forward what seemed to the writer a practical suggestion which ought to be considered. Wholly without intending it, he so phrased the letter, that several crew managers, including at least one graduate, felt that the communication implied dishonesty on their part. Of course such a motion is somewhat absurd, and those concerned probably realize it by this time...