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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...lists of forty names each of men who are deemed most worthy of a place among the immortals have very little value apart from showing the relative popularity of the men chosen. The fact that the total number of votes cast both by Harvard students and by the reading public reached by a New York literary weekly, was so small makes any choice of names liable to the suspicion of local preferences. If is but natural that men who are about to select a list of names which whey consider of most worth, should be more or less influenced...
...Presidential candidates. While the result of a canvass of this sort cannot fail to be of interest as showing the relative personal popularity of the different candidates, it will indicate only in a very slight degree the political bias of the students. We think that most Harvard men vote more for principles than for men. Therefore the votes of most students will be determined largely by the actions of the two parties between this time and the time of the election...
...itself all the evils that England and Russia are now suffering. Further remarks upon the subject were made by Messrs. Luce, Hobson, Hansen,. Bowen, Saunders, Macavie and Sanford. The regret ballot on the question's merits was announced as 38 in the affirmative and 17 in the negative. The vote for the merits of the speakers was gained by the negative with a majority of 31. The vote on the discussion was, affirmative 17; negative, 48. On the whole, the debate was a most interesting one, and it is to be regretted that it was not better attended...
...French Academy is as good as any. As the popular sentiment has recently been taken in England on the subject of English men of letters, the plan is not a new one. Probably more as a matter of curiosity than anything else the Critic has proposed that such a vote be made in this country, and our desire to compare Harvard's choice with that of the body of readers of the country led us to ask the lists to be sent to us. It certainly seems to be a matter that should interest Harvard men, if they...
Perhaps there is no better way to choose the first members than by a popular vote as suggested. But would it not be better to call not for forty men of letters, but for all men of letters worthy to constitute an Academy, leaving numbers, out of consideration? Then by some fair method, let the members of the Academy be determined from these. Let the number of men so determined constitute the standing number of members in the Academy. When there shall have arisen sufficient cause for it for reason of our growing literature, this number can be increased...