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...future membership. Section 2 of the amendments of April 2, 1873, now reads: "Any college not represented in either the University or Freshman race of the regatta, immediately preceding the annual convention of this Association shall not be considered a member of this Association, and shall not have a vote in any succeeding convention, until it shall have gained; its full membership by such representation in the regatta directly preceding such convention." That no college that is not represented in either the University or Freshman race shall be represented in any other race of the regatta, was proposed...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BOATING CONVENTION. | 4/9/1875 | See Source »

...Death, or vote for Hiram Jones...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: WEBSTER WORCESTER, | 4/9/1875 | See Source »

...community having become so refined, the suggestive yet uneuphonious name of the village grated against our finer sensibilities. By a unanimous vote, the name was changed to "Polecat...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CRICKET. | 3/26/1875 | See Source »

...States. Every citizen cannot be expected to be a profound statesman, but every citizen can be, and is expected to be, able to understand something of the theory of the government under which he lives, and to give a rational account of the principles for which he casts his vote. The powers that be in Harvard realize this fact. In the second half of their Sophomore year our fellow-students are required to devote a portion of their time to the study of the subjects in question, and, if they do not neglect their work, it is reasonable to suppose...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 3/12/1875 | See Source »

...boat leaves its water at its own pier, so that washing is done away with. The practical nullification of the action of the convention in favor of coxswains, by the proposition of Yale to allow colleges a free choice in the matter, we regret extremely, particularly as the deciding vote of the presiding officer seems to us, by giving two votes to one college, to have been unfair. Harvard, on general principles, was opposed to the admission of new colleges, but special considerations in favor of Union induced her to change her vote, and Hamilton was admitted by another deciding...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 1/15/1875 | See Source »