Word: poorness
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Poor, '90, has resigned the secretaryship of the CRIMSON, and F. C. Cobb, '90, has been elected in his place...
...ventilation of the Library. This complaint is an old one, but for that reason it should be the more quickly answered. The ventilation of the Library is wretched; there is no doubt about that fact. And we think that it is more than it need be, even with the poor facilities for admitting fresh air that are now at its command...
Loud complaint is heard on all sides about the wretched ventilation of the library. Even the poor facilities for furnishing the reading-room with fresh air, are not taken advantage of and consequently the atmosphere in the library is abominable...
...were so even that an extra round was thought necessary. At the end of this Bowen was declared the winner of the middle-weight cup. As is usual in case of a close decision, there was considerable discontent at the result. Harvard, on the whole, made a very poor showing, and her followers went home feeling rather sad and disgusted. The officers of the meeting were: W. A. Davis, referee of course; Harold G. Gross, '88, clerk of course; John Boyle O'Reilly, referee of sparring; Dr. William Appleton and Mr. E. P. Barry, judges of sparring...
...they certainly could not be accused of favoring foreigners. He himself said in a former speech that the duties were too high, and if not reduced would cause general dissatisfaction. Our present revenue from customs is a tax on consumption, and all such taxes fall principally on the poor, being but little removed from a poll tax. Just taxes should be paid by property, and not by those least able to bear them. A genuine tariff reform should begin by correcting this wrong. If this were done there would be no protection left and no trouble-some surplus. The proposed...