Word: questionable
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...Ames, '66, agreed with Mr. Roberts, and thought that the meeting should express a decided opinion which should influence, but not bind, the committee to be appointed to take final action. At the close of these remarks the question was put, and the meeting voted that it was in favor of withdrawing. Total number of votes, 80, - Yeas, 52; Noes...
...Wendell Goodwin, '74, hoped that the matter would be fully discussed before the question was decided. He admitted that the action of the last convention had been childish in the extreme; but he thought that the meeting should consider three points: First, Is it right for Harvard to withdraw? Second, Would it be better for her to withdraw? Third, Would it not be better for the general rowing interests of all the colleges that she should withdraw...
...that, in his opinion, this meeting should not take definite action, but should express its opinion, and leave the final decision to be made by the Executive Committee, together with a committee of graduates; and this he put in the form of a motion. He explained further that the question was one of too much importance to be decided without having the opinion of graduates of some years' standing, and without consulting their wishes. This met with some opposition from undergraduates, but the idea was supported by Mr. Warren, of '75, who thought, too, that we owed something...
...graduate in New York or Boston who was in favor of our withdrawing without a settled policy being marked out for the future. Their opinions might be changed by the arguments which had been presented. When Harvard started the association she considered it a temporary thing. He thought the question should be decided finally by the undergraduates, but that they should have the advice of graduates...
With this joint committee, therefore, rests the final decision of this important question, and we are confident that the committee will be influenced by no uneasy desire for a change, but will decide according to the best interests of Harvard. The meeting last night from beginning to end showed a strong desire to adopt whatever course was most honorable for the College, and the discussion was carried on in a frank and generous manner...