Word: ruling
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...vote of the Corporation, "no punches or distilled liquors shall be allowed in any College room on Class Day or Commencement Day. Every tenant of the College shall be held responsible for the observance of this rule in his own room, and he shall not allow the use of his room on those days by any Class Secretary or other person or persons without the previous written consent of the Bursar. Who shall not give his consent in any case until such Class Secretary or other person or persons shall have filed with him a written agreement that this rule...
...when the Great and General Court, driven out of Boston by an epidemic of smallpox, occupied Harvard Hall for its sessions in the middle of winter. The weather was cold, the open wood fires were piled high, and the fire broke out in the night. This disaster illustrates the rule that it is inexpedient to leave buildings whose contents are precious without human occupancy at night. This rule applies to industrial and commercial buildings as well as to educational, but is often disregarded in this country. Hollis Hall lost a part of its upper story and of its roof...
...high to keep the fire during some long absence of the occupant of the room. Many fires have been started in the College buildings by students' thoughtless practice of throwing matches and the ends of cigars or cigarettes into waste-paper baskets; but these sudden flames are as a rule put out quickly, because the chances are that the fire will start while the careless student is still in his room...
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...scoring rule is attracting more attention to the members of last year's freshman classes who may be point-winners this year. The following table gives an idea of the strength which last year's freshman teams contribute to Harvard, Pennsylvania, Yale, Cornell, Princeton, and Dartmouth. The best records of the men during 1913 are given...