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Dates: during 1880-1889
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HARVARD UNION DEBATE.- The next debate will be held Thursday, December 19. The question for debate will be, "Resolved, That there should be free coinage of silver...
...announcement that this evening's dinner will offer an opportunity for the free discussion of the present athletic situation is welcome news to all for while this privilege has been fully open before, there are yet several important phases of the question deserving attention which have come into prominence since the Yale-Princeton game, and which have not, therefore, received anything like careful attention. If is, of course, foreign to the purpose of the dinner that any definite move whatsoever should be made-that is at once undesirable and out of the question; but the hope is entertained that there...
...advance in methods, "no universally recognized step in the science and art of teaching," that will compare with the improvement of methods in public school instruction. And the reason for this he finds in the lack of any fundemental law of pedagogy among college professors. College professors are free-lances and when they are successful teachers it is ascribed to their individuality rather than to the correctness of their methods; in consequence the value of their example is lost on their less successful fellow-teachers...
...that such a course seems much the wiser. Although there may be unfairness to Princeton still the instinct of self-preservation is paramount. Now, after all, is Princeton entitled to so very much consideration? It is, of course, most unfortunate, that Harvard's record in the past is not free from spots. Every Harvard man, however, believes that it is purer than that of any other college. And now that Harvard is striving for absolute purity, it is certainly no argument that she has not lived up to the standard which she has now set herself. Everyone who enjoys college...
...single member of the Princeton eleven "is in anyway a beneficiary of the college or on the free tuition list, or has received either from us or outside parties to our knowledge, directly or indirectly, any pecuniary compensation either as an inducement to enter Princeton or as an assistance while here. Neither have we entered into any form of promise or engagement to pay present or past expenses or to make future compensation in any way. Neither has any member of the team been benefited by any business arrangement while here...