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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...question of the tariff is of most interest at present to college men and will have much more influence with them than the personal qualifications of the candidates or the past record of parties. This being the case, the tariff legislation in Congress this spring and the stand taken by the different party conventions will do much to decide the votes of Harvard men. This being the case, we should advise the Union in its canvass, not only to note the favorite candidates, but also the stand taken by each man on the all important questions of protection and free...
...Shooting Club has, during the past months, given its support only to shotgun shooting. This course was certainly reasonable, inasmuch as the majority of its members prefer that branch of the sport. The weather, moreover, has been anything but favorable for rifle practice. But the season has now arrived when target practice can be had, without the liability of interference from stormy weather and heavy winds...
...forbidden on any questions or political measures, except such as had been proposed before the beginning of the century. This restriction, while nominally observed, was cleverly evaded by framing the resolutions in such a way as to make the discussion bear on current questions, while apparently dealing with past events...
...seek elsewhere. The number of the courts which are left in college is very small. Under the existing rules, these courts belong to a few men who have the first right of playing on them during certain hours of the day. The only excuse that was offered in the past for their monopoly no longer exists. It can not be urged that the owners of these courts have gone to any expense this year, as the season has not opened as yet. This being the state of affairs, it is very plain that the time has come when...
...this association. There are at present among our undergraduates, twenty-five men who claim California as their native state, distributed as follows: two in '84; six in '85; seven in '86; eight in '87 and two among the special students. If we may judge of the future by the past, this number will be steadily increasing, until in time California will have as large a representation at Harvard as some of the more Eastern states...