Word: votes
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Dear Sirs: -On Sunday, March 1, the last of the Theatre Services for this year was held in the Grand Opera House, Boston. At their meeting on Monday, the committee in charge of these services passed a vote of thanks to those Harvard students who have so kindly assisted in the singing; and this vote I was instructed to communicate to the CRIMSON...
Since yesterday's publication some of the details of the Intercollegiate Athletic Association meeting have been learned. Among other things it is interesting to note the way that the different colleges voted on the questions proposed. The motion to distribute the balance evenly among the different colleges represented, was carried unanimously. This was also the case with the appropriation of $50 to purchase flags for Harvard. The question of introducing the 56 pound weight was proposed by McNally, a six-footer from St. Johns College, and the motion was lost unanimously with the exception of the mover's vote. When...
...vote of the colleges on the tug-of-war question at the Intercollegiate Association meeting was significant. At Harvard, Yale and Princeton for the last two or three years there has been a growing feeling that the tug-of-war is not a true sport. For that reason an effort was made to strike it from the list of events. In general the numerous smaller colleges combined, as they always do combine against the few larger ones, and defeated the measure. This stand of the smaller colleges is inexplicable; but it simply serves to show their unwise policy...
Harvard, then, would like to abolish the tug-of-war as being a dangerous sport. It seems probable, however, that the smaller colleges will vote solidly against such a movement. A solution of the question would be for Harvard to hold annual games with Yale in track athletics as she does in boating. Such a course would by no means prevent Harvard from meeting the other colleges...
...Faculty of the University of Pennsylvania has, by a vote of 19 to 2, favored the admission of women to that college...