Word: powerful
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...committee which, unlike the conference committee of Harvard, shall be their own judge of the time for meeting the committee of the faculty. We believe also that while the under-classes should be represented, the committee should be essentially of upper classmen, as in the proportion as power is associated with the senior and junior classes, a premium is put upon experience, and the more will they be able, and endeavor to control the college body and promote moderation...
...harmonious bodies, and it is well known that discontent is widespread among the alumni. This is not the place to discuss at length the causes of this want of harmony and of this discontent, but many believe that prominent among them is the lack of any central power to direct the course and guard the interests, not of this or of that department, but of the university in all its departments. What is needed is organization. Chaos may be full of energies, but those energies are pretty sure to be ill-directed and ineffectual. That so great an institution should...
...corporation which legally possesses the governing power is to be continued, should its constitution not be so changed that the duties imposed upon it shall be performed? If, on the other hand, it is advisable that the affairs of the institution be administered by the faculties or by a board representing them, shall not laws be passed which will confer the necessary powers and make the governing body, whatever it may be, responsible for their exercise? These questions are surely worthy of sober, serious consideration...
...with some few alterations by the students. The 'Hopkins House of Commons' was incorporated. The officers were to be as follows: 1, a speaker elected twice a year, who was to have all the duties of the same officer in the English House of Commons, and, besides, the executive power of appointing the prime minister; 2, a prime minister, who was always to belong to the majority of the house; 3, a foreign secretary; 4, a home secretary, who were to assist the prime minister in deliberation and debate - the two secretaries being appointed by the prime minister. The speaker...
...field which Harvard and other colleges are making attractive to young men. Many political questions must arise for decision in the next few decades. The journalists and the politicians who have had the advantages of a careful, economic training, provided they still retain their common sense, will hold peculiar power over the future of great national interests. This outlook should encourage both professor and student to make the courses in Political Economy forward and vital...