Word: quorum
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...board of trustees at Hamilton college have failed for three years to secure a quorum at their semi-annual meeting...
...intercollegiate meeting called last Saturday to take action on the tug-of-war rules, was not held, on account of the lack of a quorum...
...Chess and Whist club held a meeting in the old Hasty Pudding building last evening. As there were not enough men present to form a quorum, no business was transacted...
...order at 7.45 by President Furber, and the minutes of the last meeting were read by the secretary. It was then decided that the questing for the next debate should be: "Resolved, That the Parochial School system is dangerous to the institutions of this country." As there was no quorum present, no action could be taken on the proposed amendment of the constitution. An open ballot was then taken on the merits of the question for debate, and resulted in a vote of 29 for the affirmative and 32 for the negative...
That ancient institution of a quorum in society and class meetings is still in vogue at Yale...