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...tariff of 1828. This tariff was planned by John Quincy Adams, the leader of the Republican party at that time. All the tariffs after this were the results of party feeling. The tariff of 1833 was a compromise act between the two parties, and was arranged by Clay and Calhoun. Its purpose was to bring all duties to twenty per cent. ad valorem. This is probably the poorest tariff passed by any nation. The Congress which came in in 1842 put in a new tariff, entirely different from that of 1833. The Whigs being then in power, passed a bill...
...Brooks, 10 1/2s.; half mile run, Harris, 2m. 22 7/8s.; 220 yards dash, Brooks, 23 3/8s.; 440 yards dash, Bertron, 59 7/8s.; mile run, Foster, 5m. 36 3/4s.; putting the shot, Briggs, 32 ft. 4 in.; running long jump, Robinson, 16 ft. 3 3/4 in. Juniors - Running broad jump, Calhoun, 17 ft. 8 in.; throwing the hammer, Rogers, 66 ft. 6 in.; running high jump, Calhoun, 4 ft. 9 in.; putting the shot, Folsom, 28 ft. 8 in.; pole vaulting, Woodward and Calhoun, tied, 7 ft. 6 in.; 100 yards dash, Corwith, 11 1/4s.; 440 yards dash, Carr...
...following-named gentlemen will constitute the editorial board of the Yale News for the ensuing year: Charles Winslow Burpee, '83; William Warren Calhoun, 83; Laurent Clerc Deming, '83; Thomas Shephard Southworth, '83; Horatio Odell Stone, '83, financial editor; Albert William Robert, '83, S. S. S.; Julius Tyler Andrews Doolittle, '84; James William Oakford, '84; William Brainard Coit...