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...Varsity crew rowed down the river as far as the Union boat house...
...debate of the Union last night was well attended and very interesting. The question was "Resolved, that the enfranchisement of the Negro, as accomplished by the 15th amen linnet, was a mistake." The secret ballot on the merits of the question resulted in 13 votes for the affirmative, and 43 for the negative. J. M. Merriam, '86, opened for the affirmative, and B. G. Davis, '85, for the negative. These gentlemen were followed by L. M. Garrison, '88, aff., and P. L. Sternbergh, '87, neg. The vote on the merits of the arguments of principal dispatants stood...
...meeting of the Harvard Union this evening, will be devoted to the discussion of the following proposition : "Resolved, that the enfranchisement of the negro, as accomplished by the 15th amendment, was a mistake." For the affirmative : Messts. J. W. Merriam, '86, J. M. Garrison, '88; for the negative, Messrs. B. G. Davis, '85, P. S. Stevisbergh...
...receives from him a few laconic comments, and then he relapses again into his former state of let come what will, God rules and Harvard still lives, so I am content. But there have been many exceptions to this general rule. At times of great political excitement, the Harvard Union debates on the leading subjects of the day, have been able to attract two or three hundred men from their firesides. The touchlight processions of the presidential years have also possessed sufficient interest to be successful. And here recently we have had that which has hitherto been regarded...
...Harvard beat in time with the pulse of the nation. Books were laid aside for the musket, familiarity of the classics war superseded by the knowledge of military tactics; the robe of the student was replaced by the uniform of the soldier. Academic honors lost their charm when the Union was in peril, and noble literary ambitions were as dust in the balance when the nation called for defenders. There were five hundred and thirty-five Harvard men among the volunteers of the North. Of these, three hundred and eighty-one were commissioned officers...