Word: signs
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...things, assumed the responsibility of starting a petition to the Faculty for the use of the Yard and of Memorial Hall on the 22d of June, for the purpose of entertaining their friends. Copies of this petition were posted upon the bulletin-boards; all Seniors were invited to sign it; and it was hoped that it would be signed by a sufficient number to organize some sort of an unofficial celebration, which should serve as a nucleus for spreads, and as a neutral meeting-ground, where the squabbles of the past six months might be forgotten. The representatives of certain...
...Anti-Alcohol Society has been formed. Members are required to sign the pledge, and subscribe not less than one shilling per annum...
...would suggest, then, that those interested should circulate a petition for signatures, or else that a book be placed where all could sign their approbation or disapproval of the plan. And let the names be written out, since character as well as number will have its influence here...
...general remarks, those who pretend to be liberally educated should avoid them for the sake of their own reputation for common-sense. A man can make more sweeping assertions in five minutes than he could prove in a lifetime, and a habit of doing so is almost invariably a sign of an immature mind and a narrow judgment...
...unable to go on after the holidays. To ascertain what is the feeling among the students on this question, a book will this week be placed at the Bursar's office, which men who are in the Association and who intend to stay in it are requested to sign; men who now board outside willing to come into the Hall under a new management are requested to sign this book. If the number of signatures amounts to three hundred and fifty, - about the number now at the Hall, - the Association will go on, otherwise it will be broken...