Word: petitioner
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Since the petition for making chapel voluntary has been refused by the overseers, there has been a marked increase in attendance. Without a doubt, many students were taking a taste of the liberty which they expected would be granted, and are now rudely awakened to the fact that chapel cuts...
A petition was received from a large number of students asking that attendance at morning prayers be made voluntary for undergraduates twenty-one years old, or over, and optional, according to the wishes of their parents or guardians, for undergraduates who are under twenty-one years of age-
Voted that the petitioners be informed that the President and Fellows are not willing to grant their petition...
In our columns we print this morning,- and with deep regret,- the ultimatum of the President and Fellows of the University in regard to the petition for voluntary prayer. Signed by an overwhelming majority of the undergraduates, endorsed by many of the prominent alumni of the college, and strongly approved...
The uncertainty which has so long attended the fate of the petition for voluntary prayers has at length been dispelled by the following communication which reached the office of the CRIMSON yesterday.