Word: planning
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...similar in purpose to that at Cornell, although not entirely so in form. Instead of a Mock House of Commons. The classic form of a "Literary Society" has been dragging along a precarious existence ever since the foundation of the university, but has been lamentably unsuccessful. Our new plan combines, we think, the advantages of the old system in having an official committee charged with bringing in subjects for discussion, with those of the Cornell experiment. This official committee is in the "Hopkins House of Commons" represented by the ministry. The Prime Minister is appointed by the Speaker...
...plan proposed by the Conference committee will be discussed by the faculty this afternoon...
...first issue of the CRIMSON of next term will contain a description, taken from the Architect's plan, of the new Hilton dormitory...
...members at our request. It is our purpose to publish from time to time authoritative accounts of the rise, the mode of operation, and the success of the attempts at co-operative government which have been tried at several colleges, and to compare the various systems with the plan of a conference committee which is shortly to come up before our faculty. The Amherst Senate, inasmuch as it is the oldest and best known of student governing bodies, first deserves our attention. Much has been written about it, much indeed which is untrue or misleading, and we hope therefore that...
...proved, however, that the senate is entirely practicable; the judgments, while few, have not been made hastily, nor to the detriment of the college; the senate has not proved more lenient than the faculty; the latter have been entirely satisfied with its workings; and the growing popularity of the plan at Amherst and at other colleges is a good omen for the success and an increase in the powers of the conference...