Word: letters
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Prof. J. B. Thayer has a letter in the Boston Post on the Indian question. He criticises Senator Dawes' action severely...
...Therefore, because the clause is opposed to the welfare of the railroads and of the public, and because the suspension of the clause is to remain a dead letter, the clause is unjust and ought to be repealed...
...President Cleveland has promised that under his administration civil service offices should not be the reward of partisan activity: Letter accepting nomination, Aug., 1884; letter to G. W. Curtis, Dec. 25, 1884; inaugural address, March 4, 1884; letter to heads of departments, July 14, 1886. (Extracts from all these can be found in Senator Hale's speech in the Senate, Jan. 12, 1888.) Text in the newspapers...
...Dana has written another letter to the Boston "Post" on the subject of Harvard athletics. Another writer in the same paper urges the encouragement of class games to supply the place of intercollegiate contests...
...expressed by the Alumni of Harvard upon the athletic question. Both Mr. Dana and Mr. Wendell are prominent graduates, and they were also prominent athletes when in college. It is inconceivable that the Board of Overseers should retain their narrow ideas upon the subject after reading Mr. Dana's letter or Mr. Wendell's reported conversation. These gentlemeu have been out of college for some years, and therefore look upon the matter in a calmer, more impartial way than could be expected among the students. These opinions should be respected by the Overseers, especially as they go far towards disproving...