Word: verbally
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...called attention to the present unsatisfactory state of athletic contests, the constant disputes about membership of teams and the frequent indefiniteness of the results. These difficulties, he said, the constitution was intended to obviate. The freshmen then proceeded to consider the constitution by clauses, and with a few verbal changes adopted it. After this business had been transacted Mr. Garrison addressed the meeting on general athletics and made a spirited appeal to the class for more college loyalty and earnestness during their later years. Mr. S. E. Carpenter, L. S. followed with an appeal for better support of the crew...
...matter in motion, Dr. Whiting gave some most valuable advice to novices in bicycle riding. "The easiest way to steer a bicycle is to try to tip it over." Dr. Whiting treated his apparently dry subject in a most entertaining manner, and by means of well-chosen illustrations, both verbal and material, succeeded in giving a lecture that was as amusing as it was instructive...
There has been a sudden demand for rooms by those living at 4 Holyoke St., froms the fact that Mr. J. M. Hilton has ordered all the occupants to leave the premises before March 1st, and this in the face of a verbal agreement that they should not be disturbed before September. This is not a matter of surprise to those who are acquainted with his philanthropic character...
...superintendent of buildings has notified us that seniors who expect to use rooms of other students on class day will not be admitted to those rooms by the janitors without a written or verbal order from the owners of the rooms...
...Eliot, chairman of the class committee, made some remarks on the class fund, stating the purpose of the fund and requesting members of the class to subscribe liberally. The class secretary, Mr. Hibbard, also made remarks about the class lives, stating that although he had received verbal promises from more than a hundred men that they would write their lives, but fourteen lives had been handed in. Mr. Hibbard offered to "interview" any members of the class who did not feel equal to the task of writing his life himself ; although he did not think this a good plan...