Word: performance
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...when the admiral began to send disagreeable messages which touched the officers' pride, until they all decided to do what he wished. As soon as he found that they had learned to keep their distance he began to put them through every imaginable evolution until they were able to perform with perfect accuracy...
President Eliot described the methods by which the most necessary changes can be carried out. In no reform is it wise to perform untried experiments, but we should profit by the teachings of experience. It has been demonstrated beyond the possibility of doubt that a government of one chamber is superior to one of two. In the same way, the experiment of a government administered by one man has always failed. Another defect in our municipal systems is the election of delegates by wards or districts, the small interests of each local division interfering with the general interests...
This year scarcely enough Seniors are reporting for practice to form one complete eleven. These men are displaying enthusiasm that deserves success. Yet how can they be expected to perform a task that usually takes more than twice their number? The small size of the squad leads us to surmise that the Senior class as a whole is unaware of the determination of these few men to win the class football championship. If this is so, it is high time the class became better informed. Seniors may gain this information any day by going to Soldiers Field and watching their...
...president shall preside at all meetings and shall have the power to cast a vote only in case of a tie, and at the election of members to the Council. (2) The vice-president shall, in the absence of the president, assume all his powers. (3) The secretary shall perform the duties regularly pertaining to that office...
...time before 10 o'clock tomorrow night. For those men living in other parts of the state, or who live near enough to allow them to go to their homes to vote, warning is given that the time for registration is practically over and any men who wish to perform their duty as citizens of the state on the fourth of November must first see to it that they are properly registered...