Word: discussion
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...then rejecting the subject again. One or two gentlemen became so entangled in the snarl of amendments and amendments to amendments, that they did not know on which side they were voting, and had to ask leave to change their votes; while another gentleman seriously proposed that the union discuss the topic of "Free Tariff." The question finally decided on was : "Resolved, That the present tendency of athletics at Harvard is for the best interests of the university...
...inter-collegiate sports are to be carried on in that spirit it will bring us to most lamentable methods. Deceit, bribery and downright lying are fair in war, but are these to be defended in our manly contests? How far Yale is justified is, however, not for us to discuss in the limits of this letter. We have merely set before your readers the inside workings of the Yale game as we saw them last Thanksgiving; the suspicions raised then having been corroborated by reliable evidence gathered since...
...George W. Cable of New Orleans has been engaged to deliver a course of six lectures before the Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md., during the month of March next. Mr. Cable, in his lectures, will discuss the relations of literature to modern society...
...meeting of the National Association of Amateur Athletes was held recently in New York to discuss a proposed change in the rules of the association. The New York, Manhattan, Staten Island, Williamsburg, American, Scottish-American, Adelphi, and Elizabeth Athletic clubs were represented. A motion was made that the rules be amended so that members of the association be permitted to enter contests in which professional events are included, provided that no professionals be entered in the particular contests in which the members of the association compete. The motion was discussed very spiritedly, and when put to vote was carried, representatives...
...letter has been received from Harvard acknowledging Yale's challenge, but no definite answer was returned, inasmuch as time is required in which to discuss the conditions of next year's race.-[Courant...