Word: reasons
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...some reason there were only four candidates for other positions, so there will be another call this afternoon at four o'clock in the Carey Building. Every one who expects to try for a position on the team must hand in his name to-day. Work will begin immediately. It is very important that all who have played before should report to the captain of the team. Although most of last year's players are back in college, there will probably be several places to be filled by new candidates. In fact all nine positions are open to the best...
...American colleges. Almost every student obtains his university education by travelling from one to another, and very few indeed do not attend at least two universities. Consequently, the students are not deeply attached to any particular university, and, as the government furnishes the endowments without favoritism, there is no reason why one university should forge ahead of the others. The scope and plan of all is the same, but each is particularly strong along certain lines...
...question tonight is not one of government ownership, that is outside the present discussion. Government ownership is a thing of future, the and it would be unwise for the government to burden itself at present with a debt of seven billions. But by far the strongest reason for conservative action lies in the imagination of the interests involved. The interests of the railroads are too magnificent for summary treatment. We have already gone too far in radical legislation, and the industrial enterprises of the nation demand with no uncertain voice a policy of retrenchment and repeal...
...reason for this closer union of the Annex and the University have been clearly stated by Mrs. Agassiz in a letter to the last Nation, and as it is probable that these reasons are not fully understood by undergraduates in general it would not seem unadvisable to state them briefly. They are first, "that the existence of the Annex and its present course of study may be permanently insured to its students;" second, "that the students of the Annex may have freer use of the library and other educational facilities belonging to the University than they now enjoy"; and third...
...Yale has chosen the best representatives from her Union and they are men who have shown considerable ability in speaking. Our own representatives have had experience in debating before and two of them have already shown their ability in debating with Yale. From every present outlook there is every reason to expect a successful debate...