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The negative replied that the Constitution gave the Senate the right of concurring in appointments, but it had nothing to do with removals. That was an executive power, and the President had not transcended his authority in refusing documents about removals. The talk about Cleveland and Civil Service Reform has...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard Union Debate. | 4/2/1886 | See Source »

In a series of experiments with two hundred and seventy-eight male brains, it was found that the average weight was forty-nine and one-half ounces. Similar experiments showed that the average weight of the female brain was forty-four ounces. In proportion to the size of the body...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Dr. Farnham's Lecture. | 4/1/1886 | See Source »

Tuesday's N. Y. Times has an article on Yale's prospects in the coming contest for the "Mott Haven" cup. The article starts off with the statement that the most enthusiastic Yale man can only figure out second place for his college, and adds, "It seems that though the...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Yale's Candidates for the Inter-Collegiate Contest. | 4/1/1886 | See Source »

In the first place, a play must be satisfactory to the audience. It must appeal generally to the audience as a whole, and not with especial force to a portion of it. To effect this, the author must deal with sentiments common to the generality of human beings; but in...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Autobiography of a Play. | 3/27/1886 | See Source »

On the free trade side, Professor Sumner's "Protectionism" is to be the text book. The incisive, active style of this writer is familiar to all students of American economics or history, and the free trade view suffers nothing in this little publication.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 3/26/1886 | See Source »