Word: voting
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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That part of the vote of the faculty applying to the Freshman Musical Clubs is very much to be regretted. It is not in accordance with the spirit of fair play. Few will deny that the part referring to the Sophomore Theatricals is not uncalled for; from all appearances these theatricals might as well cease to be for they serve no good either for themselves or for other organizations. With the freshman glee and banjo clubs the affair is very different. The reason for this action is very weak: that freshmen are tending to form new organizations and their clubs...
...this sweeping vote is strictly adhered to there will be no freshman musical clubs hereafter. It will be a unwise and an unjust act on the the part of the faculty...
...vote has been passed by the trustees of Dartmouth College to bring the Thayer and Chandler Schools into closer association with the college proper...
...communication in another column in regard to the recent vote of the Faculty undoubtedly voices the sentiment of the undergraduates and of the University at large. It is not necessary for us to repeat our remarks of yesterday. The Faculty has passed a vote, the reasons for which as our correspondent has pointed out, do not appear to be very substantial. It is evident that the University as a whole agrees that the action in regard to the Freshman Musical organization was wholly uncalled for and unwise. We can only trust that the Faculty will see the matter from...
Upon the whole then the sweeping tendency of this vote is to be regretted. While the vote may be expedient in one case it is not expedient in the other. The plea that the vote must deal consistently with all clubs, that what is not granted to one should not be to others does not hold good in this case. For, while the Sophomore Theatricals may do no good the freshman. Musical Clubs do. This action is decidedly unfair, and if the vote is rigidly enforced it will kill all freshman musical organizations. In view of the two important arguments...