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...second meeting of the college conference was held yesterday afternoon. The faculty was represented by Professors Palmer (chairman) Shaler, James, Ass't. Prof. Croswell and Mr. Wendell. Huddleston, Merriam, Phillips, Smith and Vogel represented '86; F. S. Coolidge, Furber, Peabody, '87; Garrison, Lund, Thayer, '88, and Houghton, '86, and Adams, '88, the college at large. Coolidge, '87, was elected clerk of the conference. Mr. Merriam presented the report of the special committee appointed to correspond with other colleges on marking systems. The report embraced twenty two colleges. A general discussion ensued of the various systems, the tendency being to favor...
Editorial Writers.J. M. MERRIAM, '86, President...
...rain and the sleet had little effect upon the attendance at the Union last night. President Merriam called the meeting to order. The question for debate was, Resolved, That Capital Punishment should be Abolished. The ballot on the merits of the question resulted in, affirmative, 21; negative, 31. The principal disputants were F. H. Darling, L. S., and H. E. Fraser, '86, affirmative; and L. McK. Garrison, '88, and S. B. Rogers, L. S., negative. The negative won the victory on skill of argument by a vote...
...large number of gentlemen spoke from the floor. Among them were, Reisner, '89, Bronson, Sp., Schaughnessy, L. S., Shoemaker, '89, and Merriam, '86, who spoke on the affirmative; Bailey, '88, Williams, L. S., Harvey, '88, Campbell, '86, Solloway, L. S., Winkler, '89, Hesseltine, '88, Chase, '89, Lee, L. S., Kendall, '86, Rich, '87, McAfee, Sp., and Perry, '89, negative. The vote on the merits of the debate as a whole stood, affirmative, 10; negative, 17. The question for the next debate at the meeting is, Resolved, That the rightful successor of President Grant was Samuel J. Tilden...
...Frye, '86, yesterday resigned from the presidency and editorship of the CRIMSON. Mr. J. M. Merriam, '86, was elected president in his place...