Word: closes
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Close to a thousand people, including many members of the Massachusetts Legislature, assembled in Symphony Hall last night to listen to the Harvard and Boston College debaters argue the merits of capital punishment, and to applaud vigorously when the unanimous decision of the three judges awarded the victory to the Bostonians. At times the contest degenerated into almost parliamentary caviling, but on many occasions it rose to brilliant heights of clear presentation and quick rebuttal which kept the audience breathless...
Rough water near the Cambridge shore prevented a trial over the measured course and the race was rowed close to the Boston wall. these informal races will be continued until the weather conditions are ripe for sending the crews over the mile and three quarter course on the lower Charles River...
...Union's feature entertainments of the year is scheduled for Monday evening, when C. T. Copeland '82, Boylston Professor of Rhetoric and Oratory, Emeritus, will read from the works of the Victorians. The meeting is open only to members of the Union, and the doors will close promptly at 8.30 o'clock...
...Council meeting in the City Hall last night, property holders near Colonial Way voiced considerable objection to the University's petition to close the street that divides almost in half a plot of land bordering on Memorial Drive on which one of the new House units is to be erected...
Boston was chosen as the favorite haven for week-ends, with New York second and Montreal a close third. Home received but one vote...