Word: whether
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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This policy should not be adopted by the present Congress, for-(a) to be effective this reduction would destroy our protective system: The President's Puzzle, N. Am. Review, March; Speech of Senator Frye upon the Message, pam.; Speech of John Sherman, Jan. 4, 1888.- (b) Whether a protective system promotes or retards the welfare of the United States, its sudden abolition would be poor statesmanship...
...only one which is yet finally made up. It will consist of R. Jones, E. E. Jones, Piper and Amory (anchor). It is slightly over-weight, but will have no difficulty in training down the few requisite pounds. Its chief weakness is in dropping, and it is doubtful whether any improvement is shown over last year's team in this respect. The probable make-up of the '88 team will be Pease, Baldwin, Chase and Balch, although Balch is now unable to pull on account of illness. Out of about seven candidates for the '89 team, Marquand, Raymond, Endicott...
...Both universities have won twenty-nine games. In 1883 Harvard led Yale six in games won. Since then Yale has improved disproportionately and has won enough games over Harvard to make the score a tie. In this condition the present season opens. It remains to be seen whether we forge ahead of our rivals or permit Yale to continue their victorious career...
...Society for Physical Research, for the benefit of the Harvard University Boat Club. This lecture will not only interest those who are pursuing studies in Philosophy, but will undoubtedly be entertaining to others also, since the subject is one which has a fascination for almost every one-whether they will admit it or not. The object of the lecture is one which certainly must appeal to us all. We all must realize that the Boat Club needs help, and when we can give aid at the cost of such small sacrifice to ourselves it is plainly our duty-and should...
...signed by the majority of men in college, might have weight with the faculty. They are working for our best interests, we may be sure, and they never refuse to listen to reason, provided it is in accordance with their ideas of what is best for the college. Whether the petition would be summarily refused, as our correspondent rather gloomily predicts, remains to be seen. We do not think the faculty would refuse such a petition without very strong reasons for doing so. But the petition should be started by the Base-Ball Association, and not by the CRIMSON...