Word: petitioners
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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The committee of overseers to whom was referred the petition of the students that compulsory attendance at prayers should be discontinued have made public their reasons for not granting the petition. It is denied that "compulsory attendance upon prayers is a religious test." It is urged that "in becoming a...
No doubt the failure of recent appeals in the interest of athletics and the fate of the last prayer petition has pretty thoroughly dampened our enthusiasm for reforms. Here, however, we have a new theme, and one which appears to me to be of the greatest consequence, not only to...
...fate of the petition of the students for voluntary attendance at chapel has at last been decided. The matter has been carried to the Board of Overseers, the final court of appeal, and the verdict rendered is that it is inexpedient to grant the request of the petitioners. This decision of the overseers, though not wholly unexpected, is yet a most disappointing one to those who have been prominent in getting up the petition, and by the students as a body the news of the overseers' action will be received with regret. We have done, however, all that...
A stated meeting of the board of overseers of Harvard College was held yesterday forenoon at the office of the treasurer, President E. Rockwood Hoar occupying the chair. It was voted to concur with the president and fellows in the appointment of Frank Gaylord Cook, A. B., as proctor, and...
The petition of the Harvard Union for permission to engage in advance Sever 11 for alternate Thursdays during a half-year has been granted by the faculty.