Word: rescindment
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...senior class of Yale has petitioned the faculty to rescind a recent resolution, changing the date of class day from the Monday of commencement week to the Friday previous...
...classes in his particular department? We have good material at Harvard and it is simply a down-right shame that it cannot be worked to the best advantage. Other college faculties attempted to do away with professional coaches, but their willingness to admit their mistake led them to rescind these measures. The faculty of Harvard have always been inclined to consult the best interests of the students, so that it seems very strange that in this particular they should stand out in the face of the unanimous opposition of our undergraduates...
...report which appeared in the New York papers, that the Princeton faculty had rescinded its rule forbidding practice with professionals, proves to have been premature. The position we occupied, however, when we supposed the report to be true, remains unchanged. It is certain that a large proportion of students and graduates at Princeton as well as at Harvard are strongly opposed to the strict enforcement of the rule. There has been a general inclination to try the rule and see how it would work. But a theory which looked very plausible while as yet untried proves a failure when...
...Princeton faculty compelled the nine to rescind the games arranged with the Athletics...