Word: questions
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...brain was spinning about like a wheel, and I could distinguish nothing clearly. There was the dream, the vision, the actuality, whatever it was, of the night before; here was the fact of to-day, the bright sunlight, the undisturbed room, and - myself. Where was Stephen? That was the question that kept repeating itself over and over, the question for which I could find no answer. Only in my own consciousness remained any trace of the night before...
...Harvard Union meets next Tuesday, April 26, at 7.30 o'clock, in Sever Hall. The question is: Resolved, That the construction of the proposed Panama Ship Canal, under the auspices of and through a charter from any foreign government, is hostile to the established policy of the United States; is inconsistent with the spirit and declaration of the Monroe doctrine; and cannot be sanctioned or assented to by the United States Government. The disputants are, for the affirmative, Messrs. Jameson, '81, and Bradley, '82; for the negative, Messrs. Hart, '80, and White, '83. The public is invited...
...This having failed, the matter was laid before the New London local committee in the following way: Harvard is well pleased with the course at New London, and she desires to keep the race there. But she is very much dissatisfied with her present quarters. Sooner or later this question must come up. Is the New London management sufficiently interested in the race to provide suitable quarters for Harvard? If it is, all well and good, but if Harvard cannot get good quarters she is unwilling to go to New London. The effort to get quarters in this way failed...
...Yale, the umpire of last year's race. "It would be improper," said he, "for either college to insist upon the other going to any place where good quarters could not be obtained, and if the Harvard quarters are such as represented, New London is out of the question...
...cannot find some more encouraging example. "Popping the Question" is a little descriptive piece, very prettily written. I saw it first in a book of selections, and did not suspect that it was written by a student. In a more serious vein is a piece called "Forebodings;" it is full of fine feeling, and called forth an answer from one of the professors. "The Old Professor" is a pathetic poem, and is well worth reading. "The Bells of Venice" is a fine piece. I will quote the last stanza...