Word: laws
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...death of one or both of the two chief magistrates has been brought before the people twice within the last five years. Mr. Hoar's bill provides for certain exigencies in a way which his opponents declare to be opposed to the constitution. The bill is now a law and as such will be discussed. The great relief which the country experienced upon the settlement of so disputed a question is said by some to be a false security. The debate, while being upon one of the most interesting topics yet discussed in the Union, promises...
...race, - a Branch of the Woman's National Indian Association, which aims to directly benefit the Indians by personal help and by missionary work in the West and at the schools, and a Branch of the Indian Race Association, which devotes its attention to the protection of Indians by law...
Columbia enters a strong team. Safford, '86, won the hurdle race in 1883 and 1884, and has a record of 17 2.5 seconds. Mapes of the Law School has made good time in the 100 and 220 yards dash, and is a good jumper. Ware is very fast in the mile walk, having a record of 7 minutes, 19 seconds. Renton, '87, is one of the best bicyclers in American colleges, and has made very fast time. Stevens, '87, stands a good chance in the pole vault, having a record of 9 feet, 6 inches...
...brain. Walking, called automatic, is one of the reflex actions. Did all nerves terminate in the spinal cord and none of them enter the brain, there could be no such thing as sensation, and parts of the body might be badly injured without the person knowing it. The law of eccentric projection is that by which we refer sensation to the end of the nerve on which it is received, instead of at the point of contact with exciting cause. Neuralgia is caused by anything that worries or troubles a person's mind. Malaria is also a fruitful cause...
...report of the committee on the botanic garden and herbarium be printed. The same committee also returned the report of the committee on the library, and recommended the appointment of a committee of five to take into consideration the petitions for voluntary attendance at morning prayers, from the Law School, the O. K. Society, and the members of the college, and the whole subject of the religious needs and interests of the university, and to recommend measures that may seem to them proper and desirable. The gentlemen appointed on the committee were, John Lowell, L. L. D., (chairman), Rev. Phillips...