Word: question
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...questions discussed by the society was, "Supposing the flavors superadded to a pig who came to his death by flagellation (per extremam flagellationem) was greater than that obtained by any other means, does this justify slaughtering him in this fashion?" Three speakers supported and four opposed the question, which was decided in the negative. The question "Ought foreign authors to be excluded from the privilege of securing copyright in this country?" was once discussed, and the vote was carried in the negative. Debate on the question "Was the Hartford Convention a measure deserving the reprobation of posterity," continued through...
EDITORS DAILY CRIMSON.- "Is the Bicycle Club dead?" is a question frequently heard now among members of the club, and it seems to me there is reason for the question. The roads have been in splendid condition for the greater part of the last month, yet not a single run has been taken. The management seems entirely to forget the purpose of a bicycle club. On two occasions, it must be allowed, attempts were made to have a run, but on the first day it was too hot for a sane man to ride, and on the other it rained...
...always the most deserving men get the highest scholarships. The evils of the marking system are many and great, its advantages few and insignificant. The faculty, we understand, are by a large majority in favor of a change, and all that is needed is a little agitation of the question from the students side to inaugurate the reform. There is little doubt that, with careful thought, a system could be devised answering the desired purpose much better than the present system...
...privilege of sitting on the fence. At a meeting of the class last week, it was decided by an overwhelming majority that the game next Saturday should be the fence game. The reasons given for changing the custom of making the first game with the Harvard freshmen settle the question of fence or no fence, were that this was the only time the first freshman game was not played at New Haven, and that, if their nine was victorious, it would be too bad to celebrate Saturday night without their nine, and would be equally bad to wait until Monday...
...sympathy which the faculty has always shown for our athletics of all kinds, it would seem that they disregard or hold in light esteem the benefits derived from healthy exercise. A certain amount of recreation and relaxation of the mind is absolutely necessary to make a successful student. The question is, whether it is better to obtain this required rest by playing tennis or ball, or by playing cards and billiards, and going to the theatre. It is surely better to be storing up health and energy for future use, than to adopt the latter course, which, though generally considered...