Word: princetons
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...Princeton, A. Alexander, B. Nicoll...
...honor of the Centennial. A vote of thanks was given him for the kind offers made on behalf of the people of Philadelphia. The Committee on Nominations now reported for President, Mr. J. Roberts of Trinity; Vice-President, Mr. E. S. Rapallo of Columbia; Secretary, Mr. B. Nicoll of Princeton; Treasurer, John Foster of Dartmouth. On a ballot, these gentlemen were all elected, with the exception of Mr. Nicoll, who declined to serve, and nominated Mr. Ensign of Cornell, who was elected...
...Convention now adjourned till two o'clock. Proposed by Princeton to reconsider action in regard to the exclusion of Union; seconded by Harvard, who had voted previously in the majority on the ground that special arguments were presented in favor of Union; carried. Action in regard to the admission of Hamilton also reconsidered, and the main question on a tie vote decided by chair in favor of the admission of Hamilton. Harvard voted against the proposition. An amendment to the Constitution offered by Mr. Ferry of Yale subsequently withdrawn, and on motion of Harvard all amendments to the Constitution deferred...
...original motion as amended. Mr. Gunster of Williams spoke strongly in favor of coxswains, while Mr. Cook of Yale opposed them as too sudden an innovation. Harvard urged the proposition, which was finally assented to by a vote of 6 to 4, - Yeas, Columbia, Harvard, Trinity, Williams, Princeton, Brown; Nays, Yale, Trinity, Wesleyan, Cornell...
...Each college then presented the name of a candidate for the Regatta Committee, and balloting began. On the first ballot Wesleyan's candidate, J. E. Custis, '74, having obtained a majority of the votes, was declared elected; Columbia having four votes, Harvard four, and Yale four. On the fourth Princeton's candidate, J. C. Drayton, '73, was elected. Four ballots followed without a choice. On the last two the vote stood, Harvard five, Yale five. On the last Yale's candidate, C. H. Ferry, was elected. The article of the Constitution forbidding the use of professional trainers was then called...