Word: holding
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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With the Junior dinner less than a week off not quite half of the class have signed for tickets at Leavitt and Peirce's. On account of the present size of the classes and the diversity of individual interests, an agitation has recently been started to hold more class dinners in order to strengthen class spirit. Ninety nine has acted on this suggestion by deciding to hold a Sophomore dinner. Ninety-eight, however, has not had a well attended meeting of any kind since the first election of class officers, and for this reason all who can are urged...
Against this evil influence of patronage, there have been constitutional checks but they have been superficial. Such provisions as that no member of Congress shall hold office and that of the advice and consent of the Senate on all appointments mean nothing. Our real safeguard is in the sturdy sense of the American people. To seek some object first and then to seek the means to gain it, is illogical. To get good legislation, we first need to get good public men. To do that civil service is needed. In, say, a question of tariff legislation, keen strife between groups...
...Junior class will hold its first class dinner at the Vendome Hotel, Boston, the evening of tuesday, March 30. All members of the class who desire to attend are urged to sign the blue-book at Leavitt and Peirce's at their earliest convenience, in order that the committee may not be hurried at the end, but may be enabled to make full and proper arrangements at once. Tickets are now on sale at Leavitt's for $2.25. No dress suits are to be worn...
...announcement that the Yacht Club is to challenge the Yale Yacht Club to an intercollegiate regatta next June practically means that the event will be held, there being at present a great deal of interest in this sport at Yale. The proposition to hold the regatta at Newport instead of at New London as heretofore is one which will make the conditions more acceptable to Harvard than they otherwise would be, and practically just as much so to Yale; but as the University Boat Race will not be held at New London this year and as there are comparatively...
Next Friday at 7.30 p. m. in Sever 11, the Harvard Union will hold a competitive debate for membership. This trial, the last of the year, is open to all members of the University except Freshmen. The question is, "Resolved, That the foreign policy of the Cleveland administration is to be commended." A. M. Sayre Sp., will open the debate in the affirmative and W. E. Weaver '98 in the negative. All speeches will be limited to five minutes...