Word: question
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...question of the decline of literary activity among the undergraduates of Harvard was the question debate in English VI yesterday afternoon...
...chairman put the question to vote whether or not we should play foot-ball at Harvard. Upon this, remarks were made by Messrs. Phillips, '86, Woodbury, '86, Adams, '86, Claflin, '86, and Peabody, '87, all of whom spoke in the strongest terms in favor of a revival of the game. Mr. Phillips, in particular, urged the need of playing this fall if we hoped ever to play Yale or Princeton again. The motion was then carried without a dissenting voice amid a great applause and enthusiasm. Mr. Kimball stated that it depended entirely upon the new athletic committee whether...
Although there will be no question for debate at the Harvard Union this evening, business of importance is to be transacted. The election of officers for the ensuing half year takes place. To insure the election of men who will conduct the meetings in a manner consistent with the dignity of the society, every member should feel it his duty to attend. Often the success of such societies is imperiled at the outset by placing in office men who possess only the slightest knowledge of parliamentary rules, or whose interest soon fags after they receive the honor of an election...
...York Evening Post says that it is only a question of a few years when a knowledge of the dead languages for admission to Yale will not be required...
...Nevertheless even so generous a feeling as sympathy should not be allowed to warp opinion, and while we all feel sympathy for those who have suffered for the errors into which customs already existing have led them, we should not allow anything to supplant our honest judgment on the question of hazing...