Word: popular
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...regular meeting of the Freshman Debating Club was held in Sever 11 last night. The debate was on the question: "Resolved, That all bills passed by state legislatures should be submitted to popular vote." The principal disputants on the affirmative were W. M. Gardner, E. L. Logan and C. F. Regan; negative, S. J. Frost, C. T. Robertson and P. S. Gill...
...contact with the world of art. Interest in art has rapidly increased, especially in the paintings of the English school. Twenty-five years ago the much-coveted paintings of Sir Joshua Reynolds and Romney were ranked with the works of third rate artists. Today no pictures are so popular as those of the old masters; and the highest price ever brought at Christian's was for a Sir Joshua. In landscape painting we look back from the present school to Corot and Daubigny, and from them to the Englishmen, Bennington and Constable. These painters were the leaders in the great...
...effective except in a few places: Powell, 237. - (c) By corporations. - (1) It leaves a great class of farmers at the mercy of the water companies. - (2) It would lead to the creation of large estates and the crushing out of small holders. - (3) It would lead to popular hatred, as in the case of railroads in the west...
Question: "Resolved, That all bills passed by State legislatures should be submitted to popular vote...
...Ross L. S., E. H. Warren '95, H. A. Bull '95, and J. P. Warren '96 will make five-minute speeches. H. C. Lakin L. S., will preside. The subject agreed upon is: "Resolved, That the present method of electing United States Senators is preferable to election by popular vote...