Word: unionism
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...regular fortnightly meeting of the Harvard Union was held in Sever 11 last evening. After the reading of the minutes the following question was chosen by a viva voce vote for the next debate: "Resolved, that a national divorce law should be enacted by Congress." Walter Scott, Sp., S. L. Friedenburg, '93, and C. Beardsley, jr., Sp., were elected members of the Union. It was moved by Mr. E. S. Griffing, and ordered by the Union that in the future the names of the executive committee be printed over the programme of the evening, and that a committee...
...Harvard Union. Debate. Sever...
...questions to be presented by the Executive committee to the Harvard Union tonight are: 1 Resolved, That the internal revenue tax on tobacco, and spirits used in the arts should be removed; 2, That the duties of the Supreme court should be lessened by the establishment of intermediate courts; 3, That a national divorce law should be enacted by congress...
...number of the Advocate is without exception the worst for several years. Not only are some of the articles without merit but several have grave faults, and the number as a whole has no redeeming features.- except its copious clippings from the Christian Union. The first editorial discusses the football question in a spirit hardly compatible with the principles of fair play laid down by Harvard. The writer urges that our position should be maintained simply because we have adopted it, and concludes: "At any-rate whatever happens-since Harvard has taken a certain course we think men ought...
...long clipping from Dr. Lyman Abbott's contribution to the Christian Union, though interesting, looks much out of place in "The Week," if in fact it ought to be inserted in the Advocate at all. Dr. Abbott gives an account of his experience at Harvard, and shows that he received a very favorable impression of the college. He says that the average attendance at chapel during his stay was about three hundred, and that over fifty men visited him at Wadsworth House. He concludes that "this is pre-eminently a religious age, and especially thoughtful young men are thinking...