Word: roll
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...regular quarterly meeting of the Harvard Club of San Francisco, was held on January 17th at the Palace Hotel, thirty members present and Horace Davis presiding. Much enthusiasm and good-fellow-ship prevailed, and the following new members were added to the roll: Walter Nelson Bush, '82; H.H. Sherwood, '82; G. F. McLellan, '85; John C. Wigmore, '83; George Griswold, '80; John D. Sherwood, '83; Osgood Putnam '83. The election of officers for the ensuing year resulted as follows: President, John W. Taylor; first vice-president, Judge B. C. Whitman; second vice-president, Professor George W. Minns; secretary, Frank...
...very birth-place of rifle-shooting, should be outstripped by England in the adoption of the sport by colleges and schools, yet it is a well known fact that, at the great annual meetings of the National Rifle Association of Great Britian, the teams from Eton, Harrow, and Rugby roll up excellent scores, and make a most creditable showing on the score cards...
...students may invite friends to lunch or dinner, but these friends must always be ladies, an exception being made in the case of father or guardian. There is a certain amount of discipline maintained. Three times a day the ladies have to enter their names on the marking-roll. The gates are closed at dusk in summer, and at six o'clock in winter. Any application for leave of absence must be supported by medical certificates. There is a strict strict entrance examination in necessary and optional subjects, except for those who have passed such difficult examinations as the matriculation...
...candidates and their supporters, were unable for some time to make a choice. On the first ballot it was found that the number of votes cast exceeded the number of men in the class. New ballots were ordered, and finally on the sixth trial, with a careful roll-call, a fair vote was obtained. When the methods of the political caucus and ward-meeting are introduced into college elections, it may well be doubted, we repeat, whether a wholesome moderation, which hesitates to follow absolutely the dictates of party interests in college matters, may not be a blessing in disguise...
...changes at Harvard. Referring to the finances, he said that the revenue in 1860 was $310,000, and in 1882 had reached $730,000. The faculty had increased more than two hundred per cent. in twelve years, numbering twenty-six in 1859 and sixty-nine in 1883. The students' roll in 1869 was 529. At the beginning of 1883 the under graduates numbered 969. The Western boys in 1869 formed about 8 per cent, of the whole roll, but now they formed more than 12 per cent. Forty-eight courses were offered in 1869 and 160 in 1883. America, with...