Word: one
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...One of the most impelling reasons for this postponement was that the committee considered the dance would be out of place in view of the present agitation in the University in favor of moving the schedule of classes forward an hour. As the members of the committee favored this scheme, it was felt that any such function would be inconsistent with the fuel-saving plan...
Today's CRIMSON contains an account of a proposal to save coal by advancing all College engagements by one hour. This proposal, put forward by the Student Council, is to be voted on next week by the student body. May I suggest that if the Student Council desires a large affirmative vote, it would do well to explain somewhat explicitly in these columns just how the change of hours would produce the desired economy...
...period of the Civil War, according to statistics compiled by the College Office. In fact, during the first three years of the Civil War the number of undergraduates remained practically constant, while this year the College has lost more than 900 men, a decrease of more than one-third as compared to last year's registration...
...Student Council last night passed a resolution favoring the proposed plan of moving all College exercises back one hour in an effort to save fuel. It was voted to have the College pass judgment on the question, and if an affirmative verdict were returned, to place the matter before the Faculty, who would make the final decision. It was not expected that this measure would sail right through without opposition, for it entails a certain amount of inconvenience. An opinion full of opposition is published in low in which the writer sincerely disagrees with the proposed plan. This is just...
...light each day. We ought to admit that half of our undergraduates are rational. This also does not take into consideration the saving in the library and other buildings. College chapel will simply be an hour earlier. Everything will be the same except that we shall be doing things one hour earlier. If we are willing to assist the Fuel Board in this patriotic work, the saving will not be so insignificant as it would seem...