Word: petitioner
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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The members of the Cornell faculty are having a great deal of trouble in enforcing the fifteen hour rule, by which no student can take more than fifteen hours a week, unless by special petition.
The Yale freshmen feel aggrieved because they have sixteen hours perweek of prescribed work. A petition has been drawn up, and will be presented, asking the faculty to excuse the class from one recitation per week.
"The Board of Overseers of Harvard College have followed the decisive example of the Corporation, and voted that it is inexpedient not to compel attendance at morning prayers. The report which was adopted was drawn up by the Rev. Dr. Peabody, who for many years officiated at the college chapel...
The Directors of Memorial have granted the petition of the sophomore crew, asking for a training table in the hall.
The report states the reasons for and against the petition at some length, and, from their point of view, is a just view of the question.