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...main industry of the cotton States was thought to depend on slave labor. The demands of slave labor were two: economic and political. Economically its productions must be free from criticism, and politically it must be protected against social criticism and humanitarian reform. To enforce these demands the representatives of the plantation interest had to do more than stand on the defensive; they had to take the lead of the nation. In this way the whole tendency of American thought and life was for a long time withstood...
...Senior Senate will debate with the William E. Russell Club of Boston University at eight o'clock to-night in Isaac Rich Hall, Ashburton Place, Boston. The seniors will speak in the following order in the main debate: W. T. Foster, D. C. Hirsch, W. Catchings; in the rebuttal the order will be: Hirsch, Catchings, Foster. T. H. Reed is the senior alternate. The Boston University team is made up of C. E. Dow, R. H. Newcomb and I. M. Huggan, with W. G. Harrington as alternate. The debaters will be allowed twelve minutes on the main speeches and five...
...Seasongood, and Bruce. P. E. Fitzpatrick is alternate. For Yale F. H. Sincerbeaux '02, M. Trowbridge '02, and C. W. Merriam '01, will speak in the order named in the first speeches. The order of rebuttal will be: Sincerbeaux, Merriam and Trowbridge. R. W. Ewell '03, is alternate. The main speeches will be twelve minutes in length; the rebuttal speeches five. The judges will be: Mr. William B. Hornblower, of New York; Judge Addison Brown, of the United States District Court; and Mr. Oscar S Straus, United States minister to Turkey. General Curtis Guild '81, of Boston, will preside...
Professor Wendell's book is, first of all, historical. It is the history of America seen through its literary temperament. According to the scheme of the book, the literary history of each century is prefaced by an actual chronicle of the chief historical events. The author's main purpose is to show how American literature differentiates itself from English. The American temperament in regarded as growing more and more distant from the English up to the eighteenth century; accordingly, the most distinctive American expression is in the first half of the nineteenth century. Since then, in the last fifty years...
...playing of the first eleven yesterday was far from satisfactory, and although this was due in part to the bad weather and to the fact that some of the men had done some hard work in the morning, it was in the main inexcusable. Both on the offense and defense the team was slow. The three centre men lacked energy and the ability to get the jump on their opponents. The backs were fairly successful on the offense, but gave the line little support on the defense. The whole team played too high. The only improvement noticeable was in Kendall...