Word: cannot
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Rumors of irregularities in previous years have reached us, and while we have not been able to verify them, we cannot assert that Harvard has in the past been more free from this difficulty than her sister colleges. And even this year it is possible that vague and general promises of financial aid or advantage have been made by irresponsible persons; but the students and graduates, the officers of the athletic associations, and this Committee, all decidedly condemn any such offers, by whomever made...
...Scott, '90, consented to take the place of the absent speaker on the affirmative. He said that from Captain Kidd's day to the present silver had been the people's money. Miners on the whole do not make money, and therefore it cannot be objection-able to protect them. Mr. W. Wells, '90, closed the debate. In 1878, he said, the New York Clearing house refused to accept silver dollars except at their real value. A panic was only prevented by the passage of a law compelling national banks to receive the silver dollar at its face value...
...money was paid to any of the gentlemen except upon their presentation of vouchers covering the amount of the preceeding week's expenses, all of which vouchers I have in my desk and can produce if necessary. The amount we limited you to per week for board and lodging cannot in any way be regarded as payment for your services, as in limiting you to a certain amount it was not intended that it should be looked upon as an allowance for your services, but we merely wanted to have a limit on the amount of the expenses...
...treated. There has been no attempt at a concealment of Harvard's real faults and no desire to avoid the evidence of any seemingly disagreeable facts which may have been brought to light during the recent controversy. The football question has been met fairly and squarely, and the result cannot fail to be gratifying to all whose sympathies are with Harvard. The thanks of the university are due the Athletic committee for their energy and faithfulness in the work they undertook. But for them and their efforts, Harvard would very likely have never been, in the eyes of the public...
...very glad to announce the extra Christmas service which will be given in the chapel for those who are to remain in Cambridge during the recess. From its promised character the service cannot fail to be a pleasant occasion for those who spend their Christmas away from home...