Word: getting
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...bill was bad. (a) It was forced forward in an unjustifiable manner. (b) It was advanced from selfish, political and harmful motives. (c) It was an offer of plunder to the States; lobbyists were to get a large share. (d) It was part of a scheme to spend the surplus and prevent reduction of taxation. (e) It was a precursor of similar and worse bills. (f) The money was to go to States and not to people whence it came. (g) It would induce extravagance and waste like that of 1837. (h) It was a log-rolling measure and likely...
...GET your Furniture repaired at POWERS'S, 30 Boylston street, near post office...
...crew expected to row a scratch race with a crew from the Bradford Club, Saturday afternoon, but the Bradfords could not get a crew together. A short race will probably be rowed this afternoon...
...GET your Furniture repaired at POERS'S, 30 Boylston street, near post office...
...methods creep in, and disputes and charges of trickery constantly occur. Rowing, baseball, cricket, and lacrosse are reasonably safe, but football is extremely dangerous, while sparring is in many cases an exhibition of brute force, rather than a contest of skill. The main work of a student is to get an education, and athletics should be no more important before graduation than afterwards. No good comes from intercollegiate contests, and better results will follow if the competition is confined to members of this college. The committee recommend the adoption of the following votes...