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Ladies and Gentlemen: - The Republican party was formed for the purpose of advancing the rights of men rather than the rights of property. The specific plan was to prevent slavery and to limit the right of property in man. The leading principles of the Republican party are for the rights of men; secondly the principles of the nation; then sound currency; and the protective tariff for revenue; civil service reform; and finally, in a word - progress. An honest man who differs from me and our party on Tariff Reform must judge between two questions and strike a balance governing himself...
...testimonials to their unusual merit. The Graduate School, therefore, offers to capable and ambitious students the means of continuing their studies, practically, as long as their industry makes them deserving, and it places the appointment to a fellowship or scholarship clearly in the light of a privilege justly earned rather than in that of a gratuity having its source simply in benevolence...
...accordance with the present policy of the college of getting rid of railroad stocks, etc. and investing rather in real estate, the valuable property of the Union Institution of Savings on the corner of Washington Street and Hayward Place has recently been purchased at a net price, to the bank...
...given in the past to repay our obligations to the many athletic clubs which have thrown their meetings open to Harvard entries. For that purpose we think, with the Advocate, that it would be well to give a large open meeting in the spring. But the winter meetings have rather been for the college. It is true that in recent years some events at the last meeting have generally been made open to men from other colleges. This plan has worked well, especially two years ago when there were very interesting open contests in pole vaulting and jumping...
Intercollegiate chess tournaments by correspondence seem at present rather popular. In addition to the games which are in progress between the chess clubs of Harvard and Yale, there are two games now being played by mail between Yale and Princeton. Yale was the challenger, and Princeton after holding a college tournament to decide upon three men to conduct her moves, accepted the offer and began playing. Already five moves have been made. These are the first games between Yale and Princeton since 1889 when Princeton was the winner...