Word: proviso
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...merit is decided not by one man, but by the opinion of the majority of our fellow citizens, and the power of this majority is not that merely of the majority over the minority. It lies in the consent of all to the choice of the majority, with the proviso that that choice shall be frequently considered...
...oared shell race, with coxswains, at any time, over any distance of water, and at such place as may be selected by Harvard. The challenge is subject, however, to the condition that Harvard University shall within thirty days inform the University of Pennsylvania of her acceptance or refusal. This proviso is made in order that the other rowing fixtures of the University of Pennsylvania may be so arranged as not to conflict with the time and place chosen by Harvard in case of her acceptance. [Times...
...opposed to the scheme, At a joint meeting of the two faculties to consider the advisability of admitting women to the collegiate departments of the university, it was carried in the affirmative by a majority of one vote. The board of trustees afterwards refused to sanction this, with the proviso that women would be admitted when a special department was made ready for them. The secretary of the faculty of arts, Professor Jackson, delivered an elaborate argument against co-education, covering all the points very fully It has since been published in pamphlet form for distribution. The students...
...freshmen. But to exclude the former would be a lifelong matter, as a man always remains a graduate when once he has attained that position, while a freshman passes usually through that stage in a year; so that it seems better for the freshmen to yield. The proviso can be made that in case they win the Yale game the upper class men are willing to suffer the additional discomfort of the crowding at the tree that will come from their presence there. But the trouble last year arose from the indecision of the senior class. At first the regulations...
...striker's becoming a base-runner after the third strike has been called. It is left optional with a base-runner, obliged to return to a base on a foul ball, to run or walk back to the base he left when the ball was hit, with the proviso that if he fails to run back he shall be liable to be put out by being touched by the ball while off his bases; but if he runs back he shall be exempt from being...