Word: amended
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Yale, however, the practice of giving Faculty assistance to the debaters is carried to its extreme. Their Faculty members may not only furnish references to works on the subject chosen and give material and information, but may criticize the speeches of the debaters, change and amend their arguments and general plan of debate, and even select a team of Faculty members to actually debate with the student team, and lecture to them on the subject chosen for debate. Yale graduates, not connected with the university, who have become authorities on the question for discussion, may also come to New Haven...
...LXIV, 7). (3) Such power even with a good speaker is bad; (a) Likely to cause irremedial mistakes. (b) The committees are so numerous that many must be composed of men of small calibre. C It is arbitrary powers deprive members of freedom of debate, provided in constitution. (Amend. I). (1) The speaker has absolute control over all methods of bringing a measure before the House. (a) A member's recognition, depending on will of speaker is prerequisite. (Atlantic Monthly, LXIV, 71.) (b) He can refuse to let his eye be caught by a member likely to be hostile...
...party has shown itself untrustworthy by its tendency to rush into radical and subversive legislation.- (a) Desire to amend the Constitution.- (1) To provide for the election of President, Vice-President and Senators by popular vote: Party Platform, World's Almanac, 1892, p. 88.- (2) Election of United States Judges for a limited time by popular vote: Pol. Sci. 2, VI, 302.- (3) Abolition oi all appointive offices and filling them by popular vote. ibid: Alliance Advocate, 6 Nov., 1890.- (4) All offices, including Presidency, to be held for but one term; ibid.- (b) Desire governmental ownership of means...
...Each state has the constitutional right to prohibit the sale of any article which it considers harmful to the public: Cooley's Const. Limit. p. 741. - (a) The Constitution gives the states all powers not granted to Congress: Const.- Amend. Art. X. - (b) Police powers not granted to Congress. - (c) Amendment XIV does not affect the states' power, "for the protection of health, prevention of fraud, and the preservation of public morals": Powell vs. Penna. 127 U.S. 678; Kansas v. Ziebold...
...Harvard Representatives at the Intercollegiate Athletic meeting to be held in New York on February 25th will propose several changes to the present regulations. It will be proposed to amend Article 5 of the by-laws by adding to the list of championship events, the three mile run. It will be proposed to amend Article 29 of the Laws of Athletics by striking out the sentence which is numbered 2 and which reads "lifting from the ground the foot nearest the circumference of the circle while the hammer is in hand" and by inserting directly after the sentence reading...