Word: suggestive
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...opponents of the plan have been proceeding on the supposition then that the five members of the Faculty proposed as stockholders are either incompetent or dishonest, or both. They suggest vague misfortunes which are likely to overwhelm the Society as soon as the stockholders get control. But they do not point to any specific harm that is likely to befall, and if they stop to think a moment, they will see how absurd such a supposition is. Is it conceivable that members of the Faculty, who are legally bound by the conditions on which they receive their stock...
...Association of the Alumni of the University has recently appointed a committee to suggest names for nominations to the Board of Overseers. Following is the committee: T. Parsons '70, chairman; E. H. Hall '51, F. Merriam '71, R. Hoar '76, W. Farnsworth '77, J. Lowell '77, R. F. Sturgis '84, F. G. Balch '88, T. N. Perkins, '91, secretary...
...leading editorial presents pointedly the arguments for giving upperclassmen preference in the assignment of Yard rooms. Another editorial assaults the much abused retaining wall. It seems a little uncharitable thus to abuse a work still unfinished, and to suggest as improvements features which we have been led to suppose were part of the original plan. The other classified contributions include two book reviews and three "Kodaks," including one of much merit...
...Sect. 2.--The Membership Committee shall suggest names of two or more candidates for each office and each place on the committees to be elected at the annual election...
...South African war, I would recommend through you to the management of the Union, the advisability, in the interest of truth and fair play, of securing some competent speaker to present the other side of the case. If this idea seems, for any reason, to be impracticable, I would suggest that those who listened to Messrs. Muller and van Broekhuizen might find it advantageous, before passing judgment on the subject discussed, to read what Conan Doyle has to say on pages 112-114 of his recent book, "The South African War: Its Cause and Conduct," in regard...