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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Harvard Union meets tonight at 7.30 in Sever 11 to discuss the question of co-education at Harvard. There ought to be an interesting debate. The question of co-education is one which is gaining in importance yearly and upon which every Harvard man should have a definite and well-founded opinion. The regular disputants are: Affirmative - W. H. Baldwin, '85; W. A. Halbert. '85. Negative - Robert Coit, '83; John McDuffie, '84. After the debate the regular semi-annual election of officers will be held...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 2/20/1883 | See Source »

...morning he sleeps too long to relish his breakfast; at noon he lunches on soup and cold meats. But at half-past five he crowds into Memorial, is in good spirits, meets everybody and growls at the waiters. College House and Beck Hall sit side by side, discuss in familiar terms, and Harvard puts on her most cosmopolitan manners...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 2/9/1883 | See Source »

...present committee thought such a committee might be temporarily appointed, but not until there was something for them to confer about, that is not until the challenge had been accepted in the usual manner. And this is certainly reasonable, for why should a lot of men get together to discuss something about which there is no certainty, something which, indeed, may be a well founded supposition, yet which is none the less a supposition...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE YALE BOAT CLUB MEETING. | 1/18/1883 | See Source »

...decided "that Harvard be notified that Yale is perfectly willing to discuss any points of difference which may arise in regard to the coming race, but that it seems unnecessary to decide these questions before it has been decided to row this race, and that they are, therefore, unwilling to take any such step as Harvard requests until their challenge has been answered...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE YALE BOAT CLUB MEETING. | 1/18/1883 | See Source »

...difficult to say what aroused John W. Forney, editor of Progress, to discuss the "shameful outbreaks" of college students, at this time when no outbreaks have occurred for several months. But as Mr. Forney may always be considered a well-wisher of the college world his words deserve notice. He has a good word to say for the college press: "It is pleasant," he says, "to see that the college papers so far from defending the ill conduct of students, invariably condemn it in unmeasured terms. One would suppose that the students so censured by their own companions would guard...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 1/6/1883 | See Source »

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