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...blame of this lies with Senator Sherman himself, who funded this debt so that it is irredeemable except at a high premium. In answer to the charge that English merchants have spent money to get a foothold in our market, Mr. White said that in twenty-five years of close connection with tariff legislation he never knew of a shilling that was thus expended. Mr. Sherman also says that whoever favors lower duties opposes protection and favors foreigners, yet the strongly-protectionist First Congress thought average duties of eight per cent. sufficient in place of 47 per cent., and they...
...dinner on Wednesday evening, March 7th, and Messrs. Codman, Keyes and Parker were chosen an executive committee. The following gentleman were chosen officers for the evening. President, Perry Trafford; toastmaster, Benjamin Weaver; orator, Thornton Woodbury; poet, Carleton Hunneman; chorister, Martin A. Taylor; prophet. Joseph H Sears. At the close of the election Mr. E. C. Pfeiffer made a stirring appeal to the meeting to support the class crew. The meeting then adjourned...
Thursday of each week in term-time until further notice. Each service will begin promptly at 5 p. m. and close at 5.30. The public are invited to these services. The front pews are reserved for members of the University and friends accompanying them...
...lines were in red. The date of manufacture can be determined with considerable accuracy by the form of the letters in the inscriptions. The subjects were taken mostly from the Homeric poems and also from other similar epics which are now lost. The artist seldom follows the text closely, often departing widely from it according to his fancy and his knowledge of the limitations of his art, and not from ignorance of the legends. The themes which most attracted the Greek artist were not those which fascinate us, and the treatment of an episode by different artists varied greatly. This...
...gymnasium contests at Yale was held last Friday evening. A large attendance was present and much enthusiasm was evinced: Owing to the unusual number of contestants, who were chiefly from the two lower classes, and the frequency of the contests, only two events were on the programme. After a close and spirited struggle, the shot-putting was won by Hartwell, '89 S., with a put of 33 feet. Williams, '91, easily took the running high jump at 5 feet 4 inches. The interest shown in these meetings by contestants and other members of the University is a matter of wonder...