Word: question
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...this time of the year the question of writing commencement parts presents itself to those members of eighty-six, entitled to write; and as usual it is quite likely that the number of those who will write, compared with the number of those who will not, will be very small. The inevitable result, if but few men compete, is that eighty-six will not have a commencement that will do justice either to the class or to the college. Writing a part in itself may seem an irksome task, but it is not a thankless one. If the indifference...
...class had not been continued after its initial trial. The writer demanded the reason of the discontinuance of a plan which he claimed enabled the students "to improve his style beyond recognition." It is only just to say that we have been informed by the instructor in question why the practice was discontinued, and that the reasons are perfectly satisfactory both from the standpoint of convenience upon which our correspondent laid great stress, and also from the more scholarly standpoint of improvement in sophomore theme work. In the first particular the machinery involved was too cumbersome, and was ill-fitted...
...following question was chosen for the next debate: Resolved, "That Home Rule in Ireland is indispensable to the future welfare of the British Empire...
...question for discussion at the Union last night was, Resolved, "That the Knights of Labor deserve the support of the working classes." The vote on the merits of the question stood, affirmative, 31: negative, 10. The principal disputants were: affirmative, A. T. Perkins, '87, and E. E. Shoemaker, '89; negative, N. F. Hesseltine, 88, and G. A. Reisner, '89. The vote on the skill of argument of these disputants resulted in favor of the negative, 35 votes...
HARVARD UNION. - A question for the debate to take place on March, 18, 1886, 'will be selected at the meeting tonight from the the three questions here submitted: 1. Resolved, that Home Rule in Ireland is indispensable to the future welfare of the British Empire; 2. Resolved, that Preservation of Constitutional Government in this country demands the Repeal of the Hoar Presidential Succession Bill; 3. Resolved, that the introduction of the System of Co-education would advance the best interests of Harvard College...