Word: votes
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...decided on the morning of the day of the annual meeting. Pennsylvania moved as an amendment to this that they be decided on the day previous, which would be the Friday before the last Saturday in May. Harvard agreed to this amendment and it was passed by a vote...
Question: "Resolved, That all bills passed by State legislatures should be submitted to popular vote...
Below is given an exact statement of the Faculty's vote. It was communicated directly to the Chairman of the Athletic Committee, and not through the Corporation as was published in yesterday's papers...
...Brooks, when told of the Faculty's action, expressed surprise, but said that he did not wish to say anything at present, especially as it was hard to tell how much significance there was in the vote. This was the point on which there was the most general doubt. Dr. Conant said that he thought the action was greatly to be regretted. It was the result, he thought, of magnifying the evils of the game without regard for the vast amount of good...
...vote of the Faculty on the abolishment of intercollegiate football, is extremely to be regretted, and will by a large majority of the students be heartily condemned. As the mere expression of a strong feeling in the Faculty, it is, to say the least, ill-timed, and is likely to do more harm than good. If, on the other hand, the vote is intended to have the effect of active interference in regulating football, it is now, of all times, uncalled for. We can not believe that the vote of the Faculty was the result of a sufficiently searching investigation...