Word: scheme
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...time for meeting the committee of the faculty." Indeed the name, "the committee of the faculty," implies a distinction which does not exist. The Harvard Conference Committee consists of members from faculty and students, and is only one committee. The following vote of the faculty, taken from the scheme of conference, explains very clearly the relations between faculty and student members: "That the business of the conference be the discussion of subjects proposed either by the faculty members or student members; but that, in the order of business, subjects for discussion brought before the committee by the faculty members...
Last year, however, at the suggestion of one of the Fellows in History, a new departure was made. At a mass meeting the students decided to establish a deliberative assembly, resembling as much as possible the English House of Commons. The proposer of the scheme prepared the draft of a constitution, on the model of one he had seen working at another college, which was adopted with some few alterations by the students. The 'Hopkins House of Commons' was incorporated. The officers were to be as follows: 1, a speaker elected twice a year, who was to have...
...wish to remind the students that unless more men signify their intention to join the Reading Room Association to-day it will be necessary to abandon the scheme. The reading room will have decided advantages over any which has previously existed here; daily and weekly papers from all parts of the country will be on file, as well as numerous college exchanges. The room will also be open in the evening. The subscription book is at the Co-operative...
...plan will be abandoned if there are not enough names by next Thursday night, the committee would respectfully urge all who are interested in the scheme to sign the book at the Co-operative store without delay...
...proctors, it is as yet early to express a decided opinion. The duties of this official are threefold, to maintain order in the buildings, in the yard, and in the examination room. They are different degrees of a power which in a scheme of self-government, the student should exercise. The practical difficulties attending this change are such, however, that careful thought should dictate the policy to be pursued...