Word: formers
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...gold and the bimetallic standards. Any ratio which the negative could offer would fail. If the ratio adopted were 16 to 1, this would be an attempt to double the value of silver by government fiat. Whatever the ratio, business men would prefer gold to silver, because the former is certainly stable. Business domands certainty as to the future. How could it be shown that some political troubles would not entirely shatter that league, and bring about the worst commercial crisis ever knownn Another fatal objection to the league is that we are the great silver-producing nation...
...prose pieces the two which impress the reader the most are "The Yielding of Luke Armstrong," by J. A. Macy, and a consideration of "The Epic Value of Scenes in Stevenson's Writings," by F. L. Waldo. The former is a well writen and cleverly told story. The writer deals with a comparatively hackneyed subject in an interesting way. Although in one or two places he is a trifle unreal, as a whole the story is successful and readable. The consideration of Stevenson's work deals with the striking characteristic of that author,- his vividness of style. As the author...
...Yale debate is now but a few days off, and the men chosen to represent Harvard have almost completed their long and careful preparation for the contest. On this occasion, as in former years, the three speakers have been greatly helped in their work by the alternate, who has not only studied the question with them, but has also spent considerable time in speaking against them on the other side of the question. It seems only just that alternates should receive more general recognition than they have in former years, and it would be a step in the right direction...
...this year and as there are comparatively few boats on Long Island Sound owned by Harvard men, the Sound is not the most convenient place for the races from a Harvard point of view. It is evident therefore that, to win the cup which has been contested for in former years, those who own boats in the classes which are to race must make their arrangements to do all in their power to strengthen Harvard's representation in the affair...
...spite of the discouraging effect of the Faculty's prohibition of the musical club trips, the Glee Club is doing very well and will probably keep up to the standard of former years...