Word: abolitionism
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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President Barnard of Columbia, in his last annual report, has recommended the abolition of the undergraduate department of the college. His intention is to turn Columbia into a university composed of different schools, in which graduates of other colleges may pursue special lines of study. It is certainly true that...
Instead of frankly following up the principle of action indicated by the admitted evils, and expressed in the report of the large majority of its committee, they have adopted the minority report, but with modifications which make it even more unpalatable to the undergraduates. They recommend confining the contests to...
We have not space to enter into more detailed criticism of the report, but these few points have struck us as being the most important. The majority, in recommending the abolishion of intercollegiate contests, have aimed a blow at Harvard interests, which, if it takes effect, will have a material...
There will be a lecture by Henry George at Tremont Temple, Boston, on Saturday evening, April 28. The subject will be, "Why the interests of workingmen demand the abolition of both Protective and Revenue Tariffs."
This policy should not be adopted by the present Congress, for-(a) to be effective this reduction would destroy our protective system: The President's Puzzle, N. Am. Review, March; Speech of Senator Frye upon the Message, pam.; Speech of John Sherman, Jan. 4, 1888.- (b) Whether a protective system...