Word: switzerland
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Latin Union, composed of France, Italy, Belgium and Switzerland, secured mutual credit and circulation to the uniform coins of the consenting nations. Here again the cause of bimetalism in France was greatly strengthened...
...debate between the representatives of Yale and Princeton will be held Alexandria Hall, Princeton, tonight. The question will be, "Resolved, That it would be wise to establish in respect of all state legislation of a general character, a system of referendum similar to that of Switzerland." Yale has the negative of the question and Princeton has the affirmative. The Princeton men will speak in the following order in first speeches: R. B. Perry '96, R. O. Kirkwood '97, and E. W. Hamilton '96. For second speeches, Kirkwood and Perry. The order of the Yale men will be: For first speeches...
...Boston, a plan was presented for a student federation of the world. This scheme originated a few years ago when a Cornell man, John R. Mott, while at Keswick, England, met representatives of fifty-one colleges, with forty thousand students. Later he went to Germany, Scandinavia and Switzerland. In each of these places he was met by large delegations of students, from almost all the universities of Europe...
...announced that Yale has chosen the negative of the question selected for the Yale-Princeton Debate. "Resolved; That it would be wise to establish in respect of all state legislation of a general character, a system of referendum similar to that established in Switzerland." The interpretation of the question is as follows: "State legislation," refers to an enactment by a State legislature; "of a general character" means affecting general as distinct from particular interests, and does not necessarily refer to geographical application...
...intercollegiate debates has made arrangements to have the Yale-Princeton debate here on December sixth. The question selected by Princeton is: "Resolved, That it would be wise to establish in respect of all state legislation of a general character a system of referendum similar to that established in Switzerland." Yale will have the choice of sides. Two men on each side will have five minutes each for rebuttal. The negotiations for a Harvard-Princeton debate are well under...