Word: majorization
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...WINSLOW, Drum Major...
...rival candidates. After considerable discussion and a number of speeches, an informal vote was taken which resulted as follows: Cleveland, 67; Blaine, 56. A number of motions were made and lost, but finally it was decided to march in the procession for those candidates for whom the majority of the college is in favor, as shown by the Harvard Union canvass. The result of this canvass will be published by Saturday morning, if not sooner. When this vote was passed, the meeting proceeded to elect officers for the procession as follows: Chief marshal for the whole procession, J. J. Storrow...
...last Wednesday Major J. F. Huntington delivered before the students at Exeter his lecture on the "Battle of CHancellorsville," which he gave during the winter, before the Historical Society here...
...strict and they even went so far as to admit men who had received commencement parts, but the true navy always consisted of those men who had never received a part, while the marines were those who had minor or second parts, and the horse marines, those who had major or first parts...
...major part of the address was devoted to the duty of individuals to sacrifice their own tastes and convenience for the good of mankind. Some call the total abstinence doctrine narrow, a "moral strait jacket," but the lecturer thought differently. "I propose," said he, "to do no act, to set no example, which, if followed, may bring ruin on my fellow...