Word: prisoner
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...leading points to be considered in discussing student work. First the work must be of itself of real value, and second it must suggest the broader and deeper problem of life. The work suggested does lead directly into all the great social questions of the day, intemperance, divorce, prison reform, everything in fact except the Indian question. At the close of the meeting Professor Peabody requested all who were willing to undertake the work to communicate with him and with the office of the Associated Charities or the Children's Aid Society in Boston...
...regular bi-weekly meeting of the Harvard Union was held last evening in Sever 11. After the reading and approval of the minutes of the previous meeting, a question for debate at the next meeting was selected. The following is the question chosen: "Resolved, That prison labor should be made as productive as possible." The debate of the evening was then opened on the following question: "Resolved, That independence in politics should be the rule and not the exception." The debate was opened for the affirmative by Mr. D. C. Torrey, '90, who spoke somewhat as follows: The question lies...
...subject for the next Harvard Union debate will be chosen from the following questions: "Resolved, That prison labor should be made as productive as possible." "Resolved, That the United States should assume control of the railroad." "Resolved, That the government should take means to secure a free ballot and a fair count in congressional and presidential elections...
Silvio Pellico's "My Prison...
Silvio Pellico's "My Prison...