Word: requesting
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...undertaking was first started by Robert Bacon, of the Harvard Board of Overseers, last fall, at the request of Mr. Crocker, a prominent Harvard graduate, who was moved by no spirit of animosity to football, but by quite the opposite feeling. Mr. Bacon saw Walter Camp, of Yale, and pursuaded him to act as chairman. A committee was then formed of men of high reputation and influence who prepared a set of questions as to the effect of football which were sent not only to old players of the three leading universities, but also to the players on the teams...
That the various views and suggestions which have been expressed in the majority and minority reports of the special committee on the report of the President of the University relating to the expenditures and income of the College be referred to the President and Fellows, with the request that they shall take them into consideration for such action in the future as the interests of the College shall require...
...response to the request of the Classical Department for applications for admission to the Dress Rehearsal of the Latin Play-on the part of classical teachers or students who otherwise would not see the play-about three times as many tickets were asked for as were at the committee's disposal. In making the assignments the committee has given tickets to all the teachers of classics and a fair proportion of the best pupils from the schools which regularly send a number of persons to the college...
...think it only right, if the Directors should carry out some plan for accommodating a large number of men next year, that the Corporation should make some distinct pledge as to a new dining hall. The general table system was introduced at the request of the Corporation, being represented as a purely temporary matter-to continue only till the new hall was built. The pressure at Memorial has increased, the Corporation ask for still greater accommodations, but the new dining hall is as far off as ever, and the Corporation even say that there is no chance...
...immense damage which this rumor might do to the college can readily be seen and it seems to us that, before such reports are spread, their accuracy should be tested. The Dean is anxious that, in such matters, the students should come to headquarters, and the reasonableness of the request is guarantee that it will be complied with. So much every undergraduate owes to the maintenance of Harvard's reputation...