Word: questionable
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...organization of the Harvard Union dates from the year. 1832. The first president of the society was George Ticknor Curtis and Francis Bowen its first secretary. The question first proposed for debate was "Are our republican institutions destined to be permanent?" The slavery and tariff questions were frequently brought before the Union and the records show that the society was then in favor of protection. As early as this the system of elective studies was advocated by the majority of the members. James Russel Lowell, Edward Everett Hale and E. Rock wood Hoar are names to be found...
...Boston Daily Journal, and editor of the "Playgoers' Year Book," has written a novel that Belford, Clarke and Co. are to bring out in the September number of "Belford's Magazine." The story, it is said, will create considerable attention on account of its daring invasion into a psychological question never before broached in literature. Its title, "Can Such Things Be," suggests a provocation to discussion...
...precedent for future freshmen classes, but the benefits which are bound to follow the new mode of conducting freshman athletics will soon make themselves felt on all university teams. In previous years the selection of a good man for the captaincy of the nine or crew was merely a question of chance, and while oftentimes the choice proved a fortunate one, still there have been captains elected who were totally unfitted for their places. It may be well to remind the present freshman class that it is the largest one which has ever entered college, and that with the increase...
...question of the torchlight procession was the next business, and, after considerable debate, it was finally voted to join the republican procession as has been customary in past years. It was distinctly understood, nevertheless, that the action of the class did not in the least commit it to the support of the republican candidates, the object of marching being to have a good time, and not to make a political demonstration, as the matter has always been decided by the senior class in the past, and action on the part of the other classes has not been customary...
...Aside from the question of the advisability of thus placing the complete control of the crew in the hands of graduates, a study of the result of this experiment in the past year cannot fail to be instructive. One of this Governing Committee was a graduate of 20 years standing, two of ten and the other rowed recently. They were all rowing men, and when in college had proved themselves good oarsmen, but the standard of rowing, like everything else, is continually improving, and to keep up with this advance a man must not only follow the improvements most carefully...