Word: briefe
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Yesterday we published a brief summary of a petition to the Overseers from several prominent New York gentlemen asking for certain changes in the regulation that the president of Harvard University shall simply countersign the diplomas which are to be given by Radcliffe College. The spirit which leads men of such eminence, many of them not Harvard graduates, to take such an interest in this matter, is most significant and most encouraging for the cause of the higher education of women. No one will deny this. To the petition itself there will be no objection. It is pretty safe...
Following is a brief summary of the main points of the petition...
...Brief for the Affirmative.J. J. SHEPPARD and C. M. READE.Best general references: Civil Service Reform under President Cleveland, Baltimore Address by R. H. Dana; Harper's Weekly, '87, '89 passim; Pol. Sci. Quarterly, III, 247. "Good Government...
...Brief for the Negative.A. F. Travis and C. H. Beckwith.Best general references: Roosevelt's Article in No. Am. Review, vol. 141, p. 388 (Oct. 1885); Speech of Senator Hale in the U. S. Senate, Jan. 11, 1888, Cong. Record, vol. XIX, Pt. 1, p. 370. For evidence at large see Report of Senate Committee in Senate Reports of 1st. Ses., 50th Cong...
...Brief for the Negative.H. C. LAKIN and H. C. METCALE.Best general references: Nation, vol. 56, 1893; Forum, Sept. 1892 and June, 1893; No. Am. Review, vols...