Word: questioned
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Question: "Resolved, That the policy outlined in President Cleveland's message should be followed by Congress...
Those who were present at the dinner of the Junior Class, Wednesday evening, will remember the earnestness and deep sincerity which marked the speech of Mr. Pfeiffer, particularly in that portion which treated the question of voluntary prayers and the attitude of college men toward religious services. Mr. Pfeiffer gave the class of '89 plainly to understand that, while athletics may call for a large share of the attention of the students of Harvard, there is another interest, namely, the religious, that cannot be neglected. The remarks of the speaker made a profound impression upon those who heard them...
There was but a small number of students present at the Union debate last night. The question, "Resolved that the best interests of the United States demand the annexation of Canada," was opened on the affirmative by W. Coulson, S. S. He briefly sketched the relations of Canada with England while a colony, under the old system of navigation laws. Then only was Canada a source of prosperity to the mother country; now the dominion has become a heavy burden. Annexation did not mean war by any means, for England would not feel sorry to part with the drain upon...
...question for the Union debate this evening is: "Resolved, that the best interests of the United States demand the annexation of Canada...
...supervise private schools would be to widen the breach to an alarming extent. Whenever the election of a school committee happened to come up, everybody would go to the polls knowing that the approval of parochial schools would come before the committee then elected, and hence the religious question would always be a dominant element in the election. A less desirable issue could hardly be brought up in a city or town election when there is a division of the population between Catholics and Protestants. President Eliot said he believed it to be possible to reconcile the Roman Catholics...