Word: voting
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Apropos of the difference which has arisen between two of our governing bodies, as shown by the vote of the Overseers "to appoint a committee to consider whether the action of the faculty has heretofore infringed on the legitimate powers of this board," is an article on College Controversies in the Nation. The writer, after a careful investigation of the causes of the many internal commotions among the governing bodies of American colleges, came to the conclusion that the difficulties were the result of a bad system of government. That the administrative duties of the various bodies, the trustees...
...Harvard we hear of no less than three governing bodies,- the overseers, the corporation, and the faculty. To the students the vast quantity of decisions and reconsiderations, the vote of one body, and a refusal to concur by another are extremely perplexing. It is gratifying to learn that the students are not alone in their perplexity, for the board of overseers has appointed a committee to find out what its legitimate powers are. If this inquiry should lead to the adoption of a written constitution, which would serve as a substitute for the unwritten usages and theories, the system...
...officers of the Inter-Collegiate Tennis Association met in New Haven early this week. The constitution was improved principally in the wording, and will be submitted to the association next fall. The votes of the different members on the place for the tournament to be held next fall were opened, and it was found that the new grounds of the New Haven club had been selected, in preference to those of Harvard by a vote...
...form of bills, which are placed by the clerk upon the docket in the order of their presentation. On the refusal of the House to pass such a bill, if the measure is of a political nature, the ministry resign. They can also be deposed by a direct vote of censure, and hold office simply at the will of the House, irrespective of the expipiration of the speaker's term. All bills pass through the regular parliamentary course in their consideration, and we have indeed found it possible to imitate our model, the British House of Commons, quite closely. This...
...grade fixed by the jury. It is thus seen that the power of the Jury is greater than that of the Senate, whose doeress can be vetoed by the President, and also than that of our proposed Conference Committee whose resolutions are to be adopted or rejected by a vote of the Faculty. The remarkable success of this attempt at government of students by students clearly demonstrates the wisdom of giving to such student bodies executive power, and we hope that it will not be long before our Conference Committee will be given such power...