Word: state
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Dates: during 1890-1890
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...meeting of the Board of Overseers was held Wednesday afternoon at 50 State street, Boston, with President Codman in the chair. It was voted to concur with the president and fellows in the appointment of Messrs. William Gray, Henry J. Bigelow and Henry Lee trustees of the Museum of Fine Arts for one year from January 1, 1890 in the election of William James, M. D. professor of psychology; in reappointing Dudley Allen Sargent, M. D., director of the Hemen way Gymnasium, and in reappointing Hon. David A. Wells lecturer on the "Principles of Taxation" for the current academic year...
...Kelley, '90, first for the negative, stated that Brackett's whole argument consisted of saying that we have a bad state of things, therefore we ought to have a constitutional amendment...
...Scott L. S., stated that a national law could deal with the existing evil better than state laws, a national law could be best made by a national legislature. The evil of emigrants seeking divorce was a real one in spite of the statements of his opponents...
...Furber, L. S., then closed the debate for the negative. He stated that a person moving from one state to another cannot get a divorce in the new state unless he becomes a bona fide resident in it. A constitutional amendment ought not to be made without most urgent reason. If you put a matter like divorce in the hands of the general government you cannot consistently stop at any of the things now under state jurisdiction...
Another matter, too, relative to the gymnasium demands attention. The cement dripping floor just outside the shower-bath is not kept in proper condition. The outlet for the waste water is often stopped, and the floor itself sometimes far from cleanly. In this state of affairs something should be done. A little work would remedy the difficulties, but continued carelessness makes them only more obnoxious...