Word: dealing
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...lecturer said in brief: The fundamental idea of integrity is just as necessary for the welfare of our country as liberty and equality are. Whereas the United States is a country which has grown up in simplicity, at present things have been changed a good deal and dishonesty of all kinds has slowly but surely crept in. To counteract this dishonesty and to crush it, is one of the greatest duties of the present generation...
...registration. In most states the registration laws are extremely lax; the registration lists are changed very rarely, and the result is that men who are dead or have changed their residence, shall figure on the old lists. This naturally leads to "personating," a matter very difficult to deal with; the best remedy so far proposed is a method of description of the voters...
...first editorial relates, as the writer says, to the well worn subject of giving cups as prizes in athletic competitions. Prizes naturally lose a good deal of their value if distributed a year or even six months after they have been won, and the principles put forward by the Advocate, that the prizes should be bought before the event, so that every competitor will know that after the event the winner will receive his prize, is an excellent remedy for the evil complained...
...progressive spirit of this century has shown itself in the science of rowing, and while Americans are ahead in the science of rigging, Englishmen are probably ahead in the science of rowing, on account of their superior leg work. In 1885 Mr. Storrow paid a good deal of attention ts leg work with excellent results; since then Yale has improved her leg-work but not at the expense of other important principles...
...second half the ball changed from side to side in rapid succession. The Athletic men showed lack of wind while the Harvard men played with a great deal of snap. Twenty-five minutes were passed without scoring when Curtis kicked and Harvard got the ball on the five yard line. Then on rushes by Mason and Curtis the ball was carried over the line. Fitzhugh kicked a goal. Score 10-6. Time was soon called with the ball in the middle of the field. The teams were maed up as follows...