Word: supporting
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...last trial for the selection of the Harvard speakers for the Yale debate will be held tonight in the Fogg Lecture Room at 7.30. A. G. Alley, Jr., '01, H. F. Cochems 3L. and M. Seasongood '00, will support the affirmative in a formal debate against E. Mayer '00, W. Morse '00 and H. A. Yeomans '00 the negative. The judges will be Professor Baker, Mr. I. L. Winter and F. W. Dallinger '93. The Coolidge prize of $100 will be awarded to the man adjudged the best speaker in all three trials. The main speech of each man will...
...support of the claims made by the editorial much can be said. Bishop Brooks was not opposed to the use of tobacco, and the petition of the Graduate Club shows that the action of the committee is not popular even with the clubs for which the House is primarily intended...
...regard to the administration of scholarships and other aids for undergraduate and graduate students, the President and Fellows outline their position as follows: (1) "They should be really aids, and should not offer complete support; (2) they should not be used to detain in the shelter of the University young men who are over twenty-five years of age, and who should be ready for productive and responsible work out in the active world." To the latter rule one or two exceptions may be made...
...Freshman Debating Club has elected the following officers for the second half-year: President, J. D Williams; vice-president, G. W. South; secretary, R Abercrombie; treasurer, G. W. Hinkley. The debate last night was won by the affirmative which was supported by D. P. Lockwood, W. H. Hubbard and H. J. Carleton. At the next meeting the question will be "Resolved, That capital punishment should be abolished." The affirmative speakers will be D. W. Howes, A. H. Weed, and J. S. Leopold. L Warner, C. A. Zanetti, and C. Brewer will support the negative...
When Harvard was incorporated in 1650 not only was it wholly exempted from taxation but the State even made grants for its support. Every few years the law of exemption was repeated until 1780, when a reference was made to the "persons" who had the "management and improvement of Harvard College," saying that they should not be assessed for the same. In 1800, a provision was added to the effect that the town of Cambridge could tax houses and lands outside the College bounds, except those improved by the president, professor of the theory and practice of physic, professor...