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...faculty of Wooster University have denied the petition of the students, and made permanent the rule which debars the school from any participation in intercollegiate athletics...
...rules have had a dangerous tendency to centralize party management; - (a) They destroy deliberation and that spirit of concession existing in permanent legislation; - (b) Suppress criticism, as by "Gag-rule," denying "personal privilege;" - (c) Not the will of individual but the decision of speaker determines the member's participation in business...
...England rule. At its very first meeting the present athletic committee advised the foot ball management to arrange games for the future in New England as far as possible. A year and a half afterwards the Athletic Committee passed the rule since known as the New England Rule, deferring to the known wish of the Corporation and Overseers. The Committee has not always, however, insisted on the letter of the rule, but rather on its spirit. When the negotiations for the dual league with Yale were in progress, the Athletic Committee was willing to allow Yale to name the place...
...Reid's Life of Forster, vol. II, p. 434, et seg. - (c) His death will reunite the Irish factions; Nation, Oct. 15, '91; Public Opinion, Oct. 17, '91. - (d) The Irish party then, together with the English Liberal party, will continue the fight for Home Rule to its successful close...
...opportunities offered by the college, that it is unaccountable that men can be found who will still deliberately violate the confidence reposed in them. It is the new history library in Harvard that is the chief sufferer so far this year. One of the strictest rules of the departmental libraries is that books shall not be taken from the rooms. It is an absolutely necessary rule and an entirely reasonable one. Yet already this fall eleven books have disappeared from the history library, eight or nine of them within the past few days. Some of these books may be merely...