Word: subjects
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...large audience was present last at the regular bi-monthly Union debate. The subject under discussion was: Resolved: That European immigration ought to be further restricted...
...Conference Francaise held a meeting last evening at which Mr. Sanderson gave an informal talk on the subject of "The Man in the Iron Mask." Mr. Sanderson gave briefly the suppositions which have been advanced concerning the identity of the prisoner. The first mention made of the fact is by Voltaire who says a great deal concerning the deferential way in which he was treated, which would tend to show that he was some man of importance. Among the many theories which have been advanced there are three, any one of which is possible. The first is that...
...subject for the next debate will be chosen from the following questions: Resolved: That the United States should not materially increase her navy. Resolved: That the present jury system should be abolished. Resolved: That the purchase of large tracts of land in the U. S. for speculative purposes should be prohibited...
...meeting which was held on Friday last was at first intended only as a meeting to talk over the subject of forming a club. It was ascertained on Thursday afternoon that if we wished to get a room in a college building, fitted up during the spring recess, we must have a petition before the Overseers on Monday, March 25. Two meetings are usually necessary to form permanently such a society, and there was only time for one meeting in this case. As many men as possible were collected on Thursday evening and a temporary organization made with a committee...
Through the courtesy of President Eliot, a fuller explanation has been received of the reasons which deterred the corporation from granting the CRIMSON petition for electric lights in the library. A thorough investigation of the subject showed that of the two methods now available for introducing electricity, one is dangerous, the other too expensive. The current which supplies the incandescent lights of Cambridge is the same as that used for the are lights, except that it is lessened by reducers. The reducers, however, may at any time get out of order and allow the full current of the street lights...