Word: governor
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...past members 102 are now living in Boston, 54 in New York. The rest are scattered throughout the country. Among the past members are the Lieutenant-Governor, ex-Mayor Matthews, Professors Taussig and Cummings, Judge Robert Grant, Mr. Justice Fesenden of the Massachusetts Supreme Court, and Hon. Austen G. Fox, chairman of the New York Bar Commissioners. The last named is one of the most enthusiastic supporters. He is coming from New York for the occasion. Several other New York men have accepted and a large number of men living in Boston. All the members of the club...
...Governor William E. Russell presided. The judges were Hon. George F. Williams, of Massachusetts, Professor A. T. Hadley, of Yale, and Professor Richmond Mayo-Smith, of Columbia...
...Governor Russell's introductory remarks were received with great applause. He said that his duty was both pleasant and simple; that his position was not one of great responsibility, for he was neither to judge nor to be judged; and that he was to be the time keeper, to whom not the latitude but the longitude, of the question was entrusted. He spoke of the advantage of debating the great public questions of the day, and of hearing them debated, not with the drifting aimlessness of the politician tied to his party, but with the energy and frankness...
After the debate a banquet will be held at the Empire Cafe, Boston, at which Mayor Josiah Quincy will be the toastmaster. Members of the Freshman Debating Club, the Foram and the Union, besides ex-Governor Long and President Eliot will be present. Two private cars will leave Sanders Theatre for he Empire Cafe immediately after the debate...
Among those who will be present afterwards at the banquet are the following: President Eliot, ex-Governor Russell, ex-Governor Long, President Francis A. Walker, the judges, Professor James Barr Ames, Professor Albert Bushnell Hart, Professor George P. Baker, Professor L B. R. Briggs, Professor F. W. Taussig...