Word: opinion
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...class crew has suffered from continual changes forced by sickness, and from lack of coaching. Its development has been slow, but it is in the opinion of its captain and coach the best combination that can be put together from the men available, and has so demonstrated itself. HUGH BANCROFT...
...Iroquois fire are still so fresh in the minds of many people that it would keep them from attending the Statue exercises, and thereby detract from the success of our Class Day. A number of members of the Corporation and the Faculty and some older graduates have expressed the opinion that on account of the possibility of fire, if for no other reason, the continuance of the Statue exercises would be "highly inadvisable...
...Smythe's article shows that the delay of the law in the usual criminal case is not so great as is generally supposed, the popular opinion being due to the notoriety accorded the delay in flagrant cases...
...also decided to place in the hands of the Executive Committee of the Alumni Association the proposed arrangement for procuring reduced railroad rates for graduates who live more than 75 miles from Boston and who wish to return for Commencement. The secretary was instructed to ask for expressions of opinion on the advisability of having the Union provide the different classes with spreads on Commencement...
...school committee should have no more than ten members; preferably less than that number. Such a small board would be an efficient and compact body, with a sufficient variety of opinion, with added effectiveness for executive work and the working out of sound policies. The schools should not be representative of sectional interests, but should have as their unit, areas larger than Cambridge or than Boston, such as the metropolitan district, which forms a unit for the park and sewerage system, and should be unified for other purposes. The members of the board should be experts, as is the case...