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¶Passed a resolution for a proposed amendment to the Constitution which would have each new Congress assemble on the first Monday in January following elections, and have the President take office on the third Monday in January following elections.
The fourth annual Sears Prize of $100, offered by Mr. Richards Sears '91 for the best discussion on some political question, has this year been won by Hugh Langdon Elsbree '25 of Preston Hollow, New York. Paul Whitcomb Williams '25, of New Bedford, was awarded the second prize of $25...
¶ Debated a proposed constitutional amendment for setting forward the date when Congress and the President take office after election, from March to January.
Its 2% quota based on the 1890 census (the present quotas are 3% on the 1910 census) have aroused many foreign groups and nations to protest. But last week's fight centred principally on the provision for absolute exclusion of all aliens ineligible for citizenship, meaning especially Japanese. Secretary...
The Senate for several days discussed a proposed amendment to the Constitution which would start the terms of the President and of Congressmen in the January following elections instead of two months later in March. Several Senators tried to annex to the proposal amendments to limit Presidents to one term...