Word: presents
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...CRIMSON Alumni Association held its annual dinner at the Hotel Somerset, Saturday night. Professor I. N. Hollis and the present CRIMSON Board were invited to consider the question of installing the offices of the CRIMSON in the new Harvard Union. Professor Hollis outlined the architectural scheme of the Harvard Union as conceived at present. The matter of the arrangements for the CRIMSON was referred to the following committee: H. W. Williams '85, H. James, 2d, '99, F. E. Bissell '00, and E. Spalding...
...John Blair will present the second of his course of Modern Dramas in the Tremont Theatre tomorrow afternoon at 2.15. The play will be the Comedie-Francaise success, "Les Tenailles," by Paul Hervieu, which, as translated, is entitled "Ties." Mr. Blair is ably supported by Miss Florence Kahn, who won such distinguished praise in the first play, "Galeoto," and by four carefully selected associates. Among the patrons of this series of dramas are several Harvard graduates and professors...
...Jones '00, the last speaker for Princeton, said that the negative did not undertake to defend any actions of the present war, but did claim that England's interference was not justifiable. The policy of England in South Africa is tending to tear the races asunder, to destroy all relations that ever existed between England and the Boers. Furthermore, the few instances cited by the affirmative show no more proof of a state of mob law in the Transvaal than our 127 lynchings last year prove that the United States is in a state of riot...
Hill, who spoke first in rebuttal for Princeton, asked the affirmative to reconcile the peaceful effect of the Owen's claims with the conditions existing at the present day. England not only laid claims to suzerainty, but took action in accordance with these claims, when she refused to accept arbitration, alleging that she had suzerainty. The Boers acceded to England's demands on Aug. 19-21, on condition that England merely kept her promises, made in the convention of 1884. The Boers would have acceded to the English claims, which the affirmative maintain, would have brought peace and prosperity...
Twenty universities and colleges will be represented in the intercollegiate strength test championships which will be held during next spring. Last year, Harvard made the highest average of fifty tests and also won the individual test, C. G. Herbert '00 making 1594.5, which stands at present as the intercollegiate record. Of the twenty-one Harvard men who were among the first fifty of the seven colleges represented, seventeen have returned to College and will be eligible to compete next spring. Among the other colleges, Columbia was second last year, and Amherst third. The second best individual score was 1352.5, made...