Word: unions
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Dates: during 1880-1880
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...next meeting of the Harvard Union will be on Thursday, Jan. 6, 1881. Debate on, Resolved, That the British Government should re-establish its authority in Ireland before legislating on the land question. Affirmative, Messrs. Hoar, '82, and Maude, '81; negative, Messrs. Jameson, '81, and Putnam...
...COMMITTEE, consisting of Messrs. Beale, Williams, Van Benthuysen, Jameson, and Putnam, has been appointed to inquire into the expediency of establishing a legislative branch of the Union for exercise in parliamentary practice. The Committee will hold public meetings to hear arguments for and against the plan; the important arguments of the speakers will be embodied in the report of the Committee...
...next meeting of the Harvard Union takes place on Thursday, December 9. The question for debate is : Resolved, That it is for the interest of the country to restrict Chinese immigration. Affirmative : Messrs. Jackson, '81, and Davis, '81; negative : Messrs. Firman, '82, and McKone...
BAREETT WENDELL.THE Harvard Register for November is out. The most noteworthy articles are : Rev. C. F. Thwing's "Agassiz," and the conclusion of the history of the "Boston Latin School." Mr. A. B. Hart, '80, contributes an account of the Harvard Union. Editorially, the Register sounds its own death-knell, unless more subscriptions are received, in which case it will be published in magazine form, and cost...
ALTHOUGH the last meeting of the Union was eminently a successful one, yet there were certain incidents which call for remark, in order to prevent their occurrence in future. In several instances a lack of the sense of propriety was shown, considering the subject and occasion; while one or two of the speakers indulged in what would have been inappropriate at any time or in any place. There was also a tendency to levity, a tendency which should be checked, both because it seems to be growing in the Union, and because in a speech on a serious subject...