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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...report of the Harvard Union Debate of Thursday night was crowded out of yesterday's issue. The question discussed was: "Resolved that the Land Tax of Henry George should be abolished." The principal disputants for the affirmative were Mr. Stedman, L. S. and Mr. Torrey, '90: For the negative, J. A. Bailey, '88 and J. M. Hallowell, '88. Mr. Stedman said that economic laws should be based on facts not on ideals. Land made valuable by the efforts of the community, should be taken for the good of the community...
...following men spoke from the floor: Affirmative-Williams, '88; Page, '88; Green, '89. Negative-Osborn, L. S.; Pinkham. L. S.; Coulson, Sp.; Gay, '88; Naumburg, '89; Bates, '90; Stebbins, '90; Beckwith, Sp. The vote on the merits of the question was: Affirmative, 12; negative, 15. On the merits of the debate by principal disputants: Affirmative, 4; negative, 27. On the merits of the debate as a whole: Affirmative 5; negative...
...voted to debate on the following question at the next meeting...
...reckless? It seems that nearly all the instructors are coming to this opinion. Such a system seems to accord ill with the liberal spirit that generally pervades Harvard's action. We believe in a simple warning and then an appeal to the midyear and final examinations to settle the question whether a student has done his duty...
...Lampoon works under, the surprising reputation it has maintained for so many years, and the great effort it is making this year to make itself still more pleasing to the eye and amusing to the spirit, we did the only thing we could do-apologized for the criticism in question in our next number, and stated that it was an individual and not an editorial hallucination...