Word: questioned
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...games in the chess tournament are being played, off rapidly and there will soon be no question about the contestants in the final round. In section A, Sturgis' victory over Chamberlain assureshim of a place in the finals. Webster beat Chamberlin, and will undoubtedly also play in the next round. The winnners of the games in section C yesterday are F. M. Brown, who beat Hale; Black, who beat Powers and Pearson; Powers, who beat Pearson; and Hale, who beat Pearson. In section D, Greenleaf and Taussing both won from Brackett, and E. A. Darling drew with Taussing...
...petitions presented by Captain Willard in behalf of the members of the nine. The first petition was for the employment of a professional coach, and named for approval Mr. Clarkson of the Boston nine. The second petition was for permission to play practice games with professional teams. Upon this question no action was taken, but the matter is to come up for further discussion later. On the first petition the commitee voted...
Every winter for the last three years the question whether the Harvard freshmen shall row a race with the Yale freshmen has been discussed. The challenge sent from Yale a few days ago to the captain of the Harvard freshman crew brings this question once more before the college. The uncertainty as to whether three crews could row a fair race on the two-mile comse at New London, which has directed the policy of Harvard for the last two years, will have no influence on the question this winter, since the captain of the Yale crew refuses...
...hope the freshmen will give the question an open. fair discussion, for there are reasons why a race, as well as a base-ball and a foot-ball contest between the freshmen of the two colleges, is desirable. We are convinced, however, that when the question is looked at fairly, and even favorably, for a race with Yale, the objections are too weighty to admit of the contest. We therefore strongly urge the freshmen to decline the challenge...
...second evening will include a thorough elucidation of the momentous Eastern Question, with the latest complications threatening the peace of Europe, followed by a vivid delineation of the great battles of the Crimean War of 1854-5, the whole illustrated by large colored maps painted expressly for this series...