Two Looks At Harvard In 1896

We wish to protest against the brutality of the Boston police, last night, after the parade, in cruelly and without provocation beating and wounding a woman and several students in the crowd in Park Square. The policemen had been told of the possibility of a rush and were evidently anxious that none should take place. But at the time when they made the assault the students were gathered together without any intention or serious thought of rushing, and were merely cheering while waiting for Cambridge cars.

The warlike "preservers of peace" who made the assault yesterday should be held to account for their actions: and, that they may be, attention is called to the notice in another column for a meeting of those who know the numbers of any of the offending policemen. October 22, 1896

FINAL MOCK BALLOT RESULT.

McKinley Wins by a Large Majority--The Vote in Detail.   November 3, 1896

The mock ballot for presidential candidates closed last evening at 6 p.m., The vote was unexpectedly large and gives a clear idea of the opinion of Harvard students. The overwhelming victory for McKinley was in a measure expected, and the chief surprise was that Palmer should have secured so much larger a vote than Bryan. It is also interesting to observe that Massachusetts cast more than half of the total number of votes, and that Bryan secured as large a proportion of votes in this state as in any other. The vote of the day was 462, a slight falling off from the vote of the first two days. The totals were:

McKinley and Hobart,  1489 Palmer and Buckner,  327 Bryan and Sewall,  108 Lovering and Johnson,  2 Total number of votes cast,  1919