Word: question
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Harvard Union Debate. Sever 11, 7.30 p.m. *** Question: Resolved, "That the rightful successor of President Grant was Samuel J. Tilden." Books of reference reserved in alcove 5 in the Library...
...since the authorities in a well-meaning way spread a nasty mess of muck over the entire yard, the odors arising from which being not only offensive but unhealthy. We would remind the fossiliferous yokel who has charge of the farming department of the university, that the fertilizer in question is now only used in the cultivation of potatoes and cabbages in rural districts, and not for the encouragement of grass on gentlemens' lawns; we would also call his attention to the fact that there are many other fertilizers now in use which are not only effective, but also inoffensive...
Besides, the lectures last year did not furnish exactly the kind of material in question, they were often too technical and diffuse for the best instruction of the average layman...
Considering these circumstances, for the benefit of this class of students, could not one of our professors be persuaded to give one or more elementary lectures embracing the main arguments on both sides of the discussion, and considering briefly the position of England and America relative to the question. Such lectures could not fail to be popular, and would give many of the amateur economists in college an opportunity to study the logical grounds upon which Harvard, at least, stands as an advocate of Free Trade...
...sermon which Phillips Brooks preached in Appleton Chapel last Sunday is not a sermon that can be easily forgotten; the truth that it contained cannot be overlooked. Setting aside the strictly moral and religious sides of the question, which it is hardly our office to discuss, we believe that the mental and intellectual deserve note. It cannot be denied that there exists at Harvard, and probably at all colleges, a spirit of indifference for general excellence. Men come to college to study, and perhaps do study most faithfully, but if their one aim is to make themselves learned, then their...