Word: upper
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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With the largest membership it has had for several years, the Freshman Debating Council is formulating plans for an active season of forensic and social activities, which will begin with a dinner for the 35 members of the Council in the upper common room of the Freshman Union next Tuesday evening, it was stated last night by R.A. Stout '29, Secretary of the Union...
Facing the fact of popular distaste for the upper House, the report urged: 1) reduction of the number of seats from 759 to 320. Of these 20 would be peers of the blood royal, archbishops, bishops and lords of appeal. Half the remaining 300 would be elected by the present hereditary peers and the other half would be "qualified persons," possibly nominated by the Prime Minister or elected by county and borough councils; 2) the new House of Lords would have power to veto legislation passed by a given House of Commons and this veto could only be overruled...
...passing a bill along these lines British Tories, who now control both houses, hope to legally entrench the upper house and hamstring any future Labor Government...
Award of 298 scholarships to students in the three upper classes of the College is announced by the Committee on Scholarships. The awards, which total $99,254, or on average of about $330 for each student, are based primarily on high scholarship, and each of the 298 students is of dean's list standing...
...upper class awards are in addition to the Freshman Scholarships and other loan and aid funds for undergraduates, which bring the total amount available for financial assistance of students in Harvard College to approximately $275,000 for the year...