Word: stakes
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...question at stake is by no means a trivial one. The central states are growing far more rapidly than the eastern in population, in wealth and in culture. Is Harvard to continue year by year to lose her grip on this most vital section of the country, and to become a provincial college with provincial short-comings? Without casting slurs upon Massachusetts, I am free to say that it is the West that Harvard should look for new material in each new class; and yet the West, with a vastly larger population than in 1894, has diminished representation by nearly...
...best part of the paper is Col. T. W. Higginson's article defining imperialism, which he considers the one great issue of the campaign. The main purpose of the article is to give the Harvard man, who is voting for the first time, advice on the main question at stake. The recent actions of England are compared with the intentions of the Republican party, and are used as arguments to prevent Americans from imitating their English cousins. The article is powerful and convincing...
...progress of his section. Each railroad or section was assigned two miles of country for its track. This was first surveyed and the field notes marked on a map. After estimating the cost of the best route the party went into the field again to locate and slope-stake the road...