Word: reals
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...years, there would probably be few objections. Any arrangement for more frequent contests we believe should be out of the question. By creating an abnormal interest, they would be sure to make athletics assume a position in college life, at least in America, entirely out of proportion to their real importance...
...retirement of the legal tender notes, is the best. But the strong argument for this plan is not the one ordinarily given, the "endless chain" argument, the depletion of the gold reserve. For this could be remedied by the former plan of keeping down the volume of currency. The real argument for the complete retirement of the legal tender notes is the danger of over-issue. This is the familiar argument against the issue of inconvertible paper money...
...establish an empire in Mexico, while our Southern states were in rebellion, we were justified in resisting so obvious an attack on the very existence of our government. We must not use our sharpest tools on every petty piece of work, or they will be dulled when we have real need of them...
...shall we permit South Americans to cede their territory to European powers, as our government proposes, or deny it, as some United States Senators demand; if we keep other powers off what shall be our own relation to South America; is there a danger of complications there possibly more real than the peril of European entanglements; is there a danger that "sovereignty" may lead to protectorates, and those to annexations, until our republic becomes unmanageable? These are some of the questions which suddenly confront us. Can there be anything more creditable to Harvard men than to think and speak...
...doubt. This spirit is what some newspapers have been trying to hold up to ridicule of late, and they will look to the meeting tonight for an evidence of their view of it. Mr. Scannell's manly and generous letter amply refutes much that has been said concerning the real attitude of Harvard men in the present instance. Let the spirit of the first meeting of the candidates put it beyond a doubt...