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...excellent results of unrestricted immigration, it would be a poor policy to put immigration under restriction. Moreover, it would be far more advisable to send agents to Europe to solicit immigration, so as to enable this country to compete with South American states in their inducements to immigrants. The question arises; How can the natural resources, great as they are, be employed, if we restrict a steady flow of men from Europe, who have done so much towards discovering these resources...
Vote on the merits of the question: affirmative, 33, negative, 16. Vote on the merits of principal disputants: affirmative, 28, negative, 15. Vote on the merits of the debate as a whole: affirmative, 13; negative...
...After the secretary had read the minutes of the last meeting, the chairman of the executive committee reported that the petition for a dark-room in Sever Hall was in the hands of the Bursar, who was empowered to make such arrangement with the club as he could. The question of a dark-room will probably be definitely settled by next Tuesday, so that the room can be fifted up during the spring recess. The resignation of L. W. Pulsifer, ,90, resigned from the executive committee. The executive committee was then empowered after some discussion, to spend an amount...
...Question: "Resolved, That European immigration out to be further restricted...
...question under debate will be: "Resolved; That European immigration ought to be further restricted;" and the principal disputants will be; affirmative, C. C. Ramsey, Sp., and C. D. Gibbons '89; negative, L. R. Lewis, Gr., and J. M. Perkins...