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...does the writer seem to be aware of the still existing Harvard Union. The Union does now certainly some good work, and we should like to see it do more, but there are certain facts in the condition of the college which perhaps preclude its doing more work as now constituted. The first and main one is this, that as a body of students, we come too early to college to have formed opinions on any large subject, and also that most of us have had no literary education to form such opinions. The mass of students here, excluding...
...following account of the game between elevens of Yale and Stevens Institute on Saturday last is from the New Gaven Union...
...College has recently come into possession of the following real estate by the deed of the trustees under the will of the late Richard D. Harris of Boston : Three undivided twenty-fourth parts of the following parcels of real estate in Boston, viz. : Land, with brick buildings, situated on Union street and Marshall's lane, near Hanover street ; land, with brick building known as the Robertson House Hotel, on the new line of Hanover street as recently widened. These are conveyed subject to the rights of tenants. Also mortgages amounting to $14,400 have been transferred to the college...
...Harvard Union is the only society in college which is distinctively a debating society and nowhere else at Harvard can a knowledge of parliamentary rules of procedure be obtained from experience. No course, prescribed or elective, offers to the student such an opportunity to express his views in debate upon the important questions...
...from acquiring the ability to speak connectedly and logically, before an audience, need not be dwelt upon. The college authorities recognized its importance years ago when a course in debate (English 6) was established. Last year the course was omitted on account of its place being filled by the Union, and for 1883-84 the course is also bracketed. Any member of the university is eligible for membership upon payment of a nominal yearly fee, and meetings are held every fortnight on alternate Thursday evenings. Those wishing to join the society will have an opportunity...