Word: superintendency
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...balloting for Memorial Hall officers. It may be that there is, after all, some subtle connection between "bread and the ballot." It may be that the student of to-day deems it of more importance to have a hand in the election of those who are to superintend the choice of the food which is to go into his mouth, than to exercise equal care in the selection of those who are to choose the men who are to go into his class crew. At any rate, the fact remains that the election of a Memorial Hall director will result...
...Ferris, according to the latest and most accurate report, will remain in Cambridge until spring and will then go to Dartmouth and superintend the training of the Mott Haven team...
Several Princeton alumni have agreed to raise one half of the amount necessary for a track athletic trainer, provided the undergraduates will raise the other half. The Princetonian urges the appointment of a committee to superintend the canvass...
...respect at least, the failure to have the class races on Saturday will prove beneficial, and the old maxim, "Its an ill wind," etc., holds true, even in this instance. Hitherto, the referee has had to use a large tugboat from which to superintend the start and to follow the crews down the course. This has proved inconvenient in more ways than one, the crews have been unable to get very near the referee, and on such a large boat as a steam tug the officer in question cannot easily move around among the boats, but must lie moored...
...door sports of its students is a difficult question to decide. On the whole, it seems as if the Harvard faculty, with the most laudable intentions, had tried to do too much. Castiron rules to cover every kind of sport, with members of the faculty authorized to superintend all inter-collegiate contests, convey the impression that the students must be a very headstrong and indiscreet set of young men to need such careful watching. A simple set of rules providing that professional athletes shall not be employed to instruct undergraduates, that no games shall be played with professionals, and that...