Word: question
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...vote was, on the merit of the question, affirmative, 36; negative, 44; on the debate of the principal disputants, affirmative, 15; negative, 44; on the debate of the principal disputants, affirmative, 15; negative, 52; on the debate as a whole, affirmative, 17; negative...
...question for the next meeting is: "Resolved, That the safety of the country calls for additional restrictions on foreign immigration...
...moment accomplished, except the change in the marking system. But as to this we are as yet unable to discover whether it was brought about by the efforts of the Conference Committee or was determined upon by the faculty without regard to the action of this committee. The cribbing question and the yard committee were the other subjects discussed last year. The former was magnified into a burning disgrace, while in truth, very little foundation for the exaggerated accounts which appeared could be found. As to the latter performance there is but little to be said. The Conference Committee, although...
...present, a purely advisory body, and has absolutely no executive or legislative power. This fact is often lost sight of, and expecting administrative action the students look upon the advice given by the committee as but a poor substitute. "Why doesn't the Conference Committee do something?" is a question we often hear. The true answer, however, "They have not the power," is but seldom given...
...Harvard may justly consider herself entitled to the first place again this year, - the contest for the Mott Haven cup. The cup has been won for Harvard so repeatedly that to lose it even once at the close of so long and such creditable work, is out of the question. We publish, however, in another column, a statement of those winners of events last year who remain in Yale and who will probably again enter the contest. The list is truly formidable, to any other university than Harvard. But even Harvard must do all in her power...