Word: controlled
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...society will be known as the "American Dialcct Society." The officers will consist of a president, vice-president, secretary, treasurer, and editing committee of three, of whom the secretary shall be one; these officers together with three other members of the society shall constitute an executive committee, which shall control all expenditures; this committee shall also have authority to appoint secretaries for different parts of the country, who shall supervise the work of their districts, and shall constitute an Advisory Board. An annual meeting will be held in December for the presentation of reports from secretary and treasurer and election...
...would ask men to refrain from showing their approval or disapproval while the rounds in sparring are going on. Last year much harm was done and much ill-feeling was caused by the failure of the spectators to control themselves. After the bouts are over it will be time for men to applaud, and if they disapprove, to keep silence...
...club shall be under the control of a board of nineteen directors, of whom eight shall be officers of the University, and eleven students chosen from the college classes, the Graduate department, and the professional schools in Cambridge. Each college class acting through its officers shall name one director early in the autumn, and the board shall itself elect the remaining directors early in December...
With the new number of the Advocate, the '90 board takes control of the paper. The issue is hardly above the average of the preceding volume in any respect. The editorials treat chiefly of the paper itself and the aims of the new board. The special province of the advocate in the student world is defined, and the manner in which the editors mean to fulfil their functions. Attention is called to the small number of men at present constituting the board, and outsiders are urged to contribute...
...feet in length, twenty-four inches in width, and eight and three-quarter inches deep. Nothing definite is known yet about the rig. One new feature will be tried, however: the tiller lines will be so arranged that the coxswain can grasp the gunwales of the shell and still control the rudder. This will enable him to sit more steadily in the boat, and it is thought will prove a very useful arrangement...