Word: question
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...certain strictures made by your correspondent and by the Advocate, in regard to the work of the society. They do not consider it necessary to argue the case. The record speaks for itself. Here it is: First, let us look at the criticism on the wording of the questions submitted for debate: Now, associated with the chairman of the committee are four of the most experienced men in college, who carefully select and thoughtfully word the resolutions. When decided on, the questions are published in the CRIMSON, so that the members may choose with greater deliberation. This is one improvement...
While we hesitate to approach a question of such moment to the college as the "state of the yard," we feel that when each spring reminds us of a growing practice among the students detrimental to the appearance of the yard, some attention ought to be called to the matter. We refer to the custom of walking across the grass. Whenever there is a large plot of grass it is almost certain to be marred by a long winding path, which remains year after year, despite the efforts of the college constabulary to obliterate it. Fertilizers and non-fertilizers have...
...Advocate makes in its issue of yesterday on the venerable Harvard Union. To tell the truth, the Advocate's savage strictures seem to me to be the more unfeeling, because they are undoubtedly true; where the fault lies, and how it is to be remedied, is the awkward question which must be soon decided. There is an abuse, quite as had as the rest, which the writer of the editorial in question did not point out, and that is the extravagant and ridiculous language in which the questions for debate are couched. The debates themselves show that the participants...
Divinity School Chapel. Debate. Question: Proper attitude of the Ministry on the Temperance question...
...fault is less excusable when we consider that the ability to speak extemporaneously is not hard to acquire. Practice is the magic that enables most men to arrange and express their thoughts when the necessity for so doing unexpectedly arises. For furnishing this practice, the editorial in question recommends "a class in extempore speaking, already introduced in one or two colleges, but worthy of wider appreciation." Such a course could not be otherwise than useful and popular at Harvard. Not only would valuable experience be obtained, but also under a sensible and prudent instructor, many faults in voice, manner...