Word: voting
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...regular fortnightly meeting of the Harvard Union was held in Sever 11 last evening. After the reading of the minutes the following question was chosen by a viva voce vote for the next debate: "Resolved, that a national divorce law should be enacted by Congress." Walter Scott, Sp., S. L. Friedenburg, '93, and C. Beardsley, jr., Sp., were elected members of the Union. It was moved by Mr. E. S. Griffing, and ordered by the Union that in the future the names of the executive committee be printed over the programme of the evening, and that a committee...
...exceptional cases the Committee on the Regulation of Athletic Sports may by special vote remove the disqualification incurred under Rule 2 by acts performed before entrance to college...
...Daniel Avres, of Brooklyn, had paid over to the trustees the sum of $200,000 as an endowment fund for the university. This gentleman has previously shown his kind feeling toward the university by way of considerable sums, including $50,000 to establish a chair of biology. After a vote of thanks had been tendered Mr. Ayres, Bradford P. Raymond, the new president of the university, announced that the trustees had resolved to add $250,000 to the sum already contributed by Dr. Ayres and that $60,000 had been pledged toward that amount...
...been prevalent in Cambridge for years. A number of years ago a committee of the faculty investigated athletics, and found that the members of the nine were away from Cambridge almost one half of the spring term, playing with professionals. This state of affairs caused the faculty to vote that all members of athletic teams should be bona fide students and that there should be no professional coaches...
When the discussion was finished, a vote was taken on the motion as amended, and it was carried by a large majority. It was then moved to appoint a committee to have full charge of Harvard's future interests in football as regards a dual league with Yale. The motion was amended so that the present advisory committee on football should have charge of the matter and report to a meeting for ratification. After a good deal of discussion the motion as amended was passed, and the meeting adjourned. Following are verbatim, the two motions carried last night. I. Moved...