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...public speaking and discussion; to provide a manual for literary and debating societies, and to give the ordinary worker, not a specialist in the subjects treated, suggestion and assistance. In these three classes the book will be of great value, as it states concisely the principal arguments, pro and con, on a large number of the important topics of the day; that it presents working bibliographies on these topics; and that it gives examples of logical statement, and suggests a systematic method for the treatment of other topics...
Meteorological observations are maintained in connection with the Blue Hill Meteorological Observatory, while in cooperation with the New England Weather Service observations are made at about two hundred stations distributed over New England and the results are published in the Annals. The preparation of these Annals, which con-contain the results of observations, occupies a large part of the assistant force, which numbers about forty...
...Boston Transcript of last evening devotes over four columns to a statement of opinions pro and con on the subject of the Corporation's policy in the erection of college buildings, with especial reference to the Fogg Museum of Art. The article states that seven months ago the Overseers expressed the opinion by a vote that "greater harmony and excellence in the design of college buildings would be obtained if all artistic questions where university property is concerned were submitted to a standing advisory committee, composed partly of several competent professional men, and partly of members of the governing boards...
...JAMES and T. SPALDING.Best general references: Story Commentaries, S S 699-709; Von Holst, Const. Law, p. 77; Sen. Chandler, Con. Record, '91-92, pp. 3493-3505; Lalor's Cyclopedia, II, 702; Elliot's Debates IV, 63-64, 163-170; Public Opinion, April 7, 1893, XV, 46 (Dec. 20, 1894); Forum...
...effect on Korea would be bad. - (a) If it becomes independent. - (1) Not permanent: Forum, Oct. 1894. p. 220. - (2) Continuance of present system of government: Nat Rev. Oct. p. 268. - (b) If Korea becomes a dependency of Japan. - (1) Japan's influence had heretofore: Con. Rev. Sept. '94, 311. - (2) Japan would squeeze it: No. Am Rev., Sept. p. 308. - (3) Continual rebellions: No. Am. Rev. Sept...