Word: spokes
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...weather last evening and the approach of the midyear examinations, prevented the usual large attendance at the debate of the Union, the fifty or sixty persons who were there listened to one of the most interesting debates of the year. The unusually large number of gentlemen who spoke from the floor testify to the interest which the question aroused...
...question was, Resolved, That the District System of electing a President, as proposed by Senator Morton, should be adopted. The secret ballot on the merits of the question resulted in 15 votes for the affirmative, and 7 for the negative. The following men spoke as principal disputants, aff., E. W. Frost, L. S., and E. I. Smith, '85, neg., A. G. Webster, '85, and O. F. Hibbard, L. S. On the vote on the merits of argument of principal disputants, the affirmative received 33 votes, the negative 1. When the debate was thrown open to the house, the following gentlemen...
...editorial in the New Haven Register spoke of Harvard's feeling proud of being ahead of Yale in one thing at least, namely, having more Smiths in college than Yale...
...interesting discussions upon early American History have been given by Mr. Winsor and Dr. Channing of the university, and Mr. Deane, Vice-President of the Massachusetts Historical Association, at recent meetings of the Historical Society. At the former of these meetings, Mr. Winsor spoke on the subject of the discovery and naming of America. He described the exploration of each portion of the coast-line of the two contemns, discussed the claims of Vespucci to being the first discoverer of the main land, and told how the name of the Italian was gradually adopted as the designation...
...short time. But the free laborers with their families come not merely as competitors but as customers. They are welcome. Look at the since 1861. The large accumulations in New England Savings banks, and the success of Building Associations in Pennsylvania, testify to this. The lecturer in closing spoke eloquently of the happiness which laborers in America enjoy, as contrasted with the misery of their brothers in Europe...