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...advisability of compulsory prayers. Both sides will be heard, and undoubtedly there will be a large attendance. The subject is, "Resolved, That compulsory morning prayers at Harvard should by abolished." The disputants will be, Messrs. Prentiss, '84, Root, '85, for the affirmative, and Messrs. E. A. Hibbard, '84, Hobson, '86, for the negative...
...Harvard Union will be held on Thursday evening, April 19th. The subject for debate will be, "Resolved that compulsory attendance at morning prayers at Harvard should be abolished." J. Prentiss, '84 and T. H. Root, '85 will support the affirmative and E. A. Hibbard, '84 and G. P. F. Hobson, '86 the negative. As this will be the last meeting this year and as this subject concerns every Harvard man, it is hoped that there well be a large attendance...
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...wish to mention one example of a college-coined word, originating here, which has attained a celebrity equal to that which the students of Cambridge, England, have given to "Hobson's choice," and that is the word "Yankee." It was in circulation here about 1713. According to Dr. William Gordon, Farmer Jonathan Hastings was a man from whom the students used to hire horses. He would use the expression, "A Yankee good horse," to denote an excellent good horse. The students gave him the name of Yankee Jon. Yankee became a by-word to denote a silly, awkward person...