Word: terms
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...qualifying examinations for the selection of a Rhodes scholar from Massachusetts for the term of 1907-1910 will be held today and tomorrow in Room 208, Administration Building, Harvard Medical School. As the examinations are not competitive they will be based on the requirements for Responsions, the first public examination taken by an Oxford undergraduate. The candidates will assemble at the Administration Building at 9.30 o'clock...
...Executive Committee of the Alumni Association decided to make a change in the method of nominating overseers at its last meeting on January 9. The vote states that this committee shall not suggest as candidate for election a person whose six-year term of office as overseer shall have expired within one year of such election...
...effect of this new ruling will be to put an end to the present custom of re-electing every overseer after the expiration of his first term of office for another six years as a matter of course, and without regard to the manner in which he performed his duties. It was thought necessary by the committee to stop this custom in order not to have negligent and incompetent men on the Board of Overseers for so long as twelve years. If, however, a man has proved himself worthy in his first term as overseer, the committee will of course...
...Shaw is a speaker of national reputation. During his two successful campaigns for the governorship of Iowa he made addresses which attracted much attention throughout the country because of his sound policy and effective use of facts and statistics. One of his best speeches was delivered during his first term as governor of Iowa, when he was selected to speak at the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the seat of the federal government at Washington on December 12, 1900. His subject was "The Development of the States during the Century" and the address has often been mentioned by those...
...Shaw has been Secretary of the Treasury since 1902. He gained much prominence in political campaigns as a Republican speaker in 1896. Two years later he was elected governor of Iowa, and in 1900 was elected for a second term...