Word: voting
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...selection of a chorister was left as usual to the president. A vote of thanks was extended to the committee having charge of the new pamphlet, and to the retiring officers. A gavel suitably inscribed was presented to the retiring president. Notice was given of the mission which is being conducted at St. Andrews Church, Boston, to which a cordial invitation is extended...
...informal way, the reasons which had prompted the board to take its recent action. Mr. Walcott's views were far from radical, it was plain that his audience was in sympathy with him in the stand which he took in regard to the large majority of the recent votes. He appeared to take the stand that the system of government in regard to attendance at recitations now in vogue at Harvard, although not materially lowering the average grade of scholarships, led to habits of laxity on the part of a certain class of students-a laxity which could hardly fail...
...students have been in great ignorance in regard to the meaning of the recommendations, and every one who heard Mr. Walcott last evening, although many cannot conscientiously agree with the vote in regard to reporting in the morning, must feel grateful for the clear and kindly explanation which cannot fail to remove in a great measure the objections of undergradates to the policy of the Overseers...
...meeting of the officers of the Athletic Association it was resolved that Princeton's vote at the meeting of the Intercollegiate Association be cast for withdrawal from the National Association of Amateur Athletes until the differences existing at present between it and the Amateur Union shall be settled...
This will furnish an opportunity for the students to hear the reasons which influenced the majority of the Overseers to vote as they did, presented in a clear manner by one of themselves...