Contribución de las asociaciones de estudiantes al desarrollo de competencias jurídicas fuera de las aulas. Un ejemplo norteamericano

A partir del ejemplo de las asociaciones de estudiantes de Derecho de la Universidad Laval en Québec (Canadá), se pretende reflexionar sobre las virtudes didácticas de algunas de las actividades que estas asociaciones ofrecen y que resultan especialmente enriquecedoras, no sólo por su fondo sino en particular por su forma y estructura, para los futuros juristas, permitiéndoles adquirir e implementar competencias prácticas que no siempre pueden trabajarse con la intensidad adecuada desde aulas y seminarios reglados mediante los instrumentos de enseñanza tradicionales

The American debater : being a plain exposition of the principles and practice of public debate, wherein will be found an account of the qualifications necessary to a good deliberative orator, as also the mode of acquiring them, the rules of order observed in deliberative assemblies, debates in full and in outline, on various interesting topics, numerous questions for discussion, forms of a constitution for literary clubs or debating societies, etc., etc. /

Publishers include Moore, Wilstach, Keys & Co., Cincinnati.

Historic magazine and notes and queries; a monthly of history, folk-lore, mathematics, literature, art, arcane societies, etc.

List of bibliographies and trans. in v. 1-12.

L’incidence des politiques culturelles sur le développement des musées nationaux Canada-Québec depuis 1950

Cette thèse tente de mettre au point certains instruments de mesure qui détermineront l’incidence de la dimension identitaire des politiques culturelles sur le développement des musées nationaux au Canada et au Québec depuis 1950. Nous avons démontré que la promotion de l’identité collective est la motivation principale d’un État face à l’adoption d’une politique culturelle, et que lorsque deux gouvernements nationaux mettent de l’avant des composantes identitaires divergentes sur un territoire juridique partagé il en résulte des zones conflictuelles. Nous avons développé en première partie des définitions théoriques et un schéma conceptuel des politiques culturelles et muséales. En deuxième et troisième parties, nous analysons le développement des politiques culturelles et des musées nationaux canadien et québécois. L’incidence de la dimension identitaire des politiques culturelles s’est avérée mesurable pour les deux cas étudiés. Le Musée canadien des civilisations s’apparente au musée emblématique, avec une approche spatiotemporelle périodisée et une vision multiculturelle linéaire. Le Musée de la civilisation utilise une approche thématique circulaire et propose une image transculturelle de l’identité québécoise.

Records of the Debating Club of Resident Graduates, 1792-1793

This journal contains minutes from meetings held from February 1792 through October 1793. These minutes include the names of participants and the questions and arguments which were debated, including: whether or not French slaves in the West Indies should be emancipated; whether or not reading novels was beneficial; whether sermons were more effective when memorized than when simply read; whether theater contributed to corrupt morals; whether drunkenness or gambling was more detrimental to society; and whether or not French assistance to the colonies in their Revolutionary War provided sufficient cause for the United States to join with France in its own wars. Most of the topics of debate centered on religion, government and education. Several entries also include notes on related topics of discussion, including the reasons for Native American tribes' hostilities against federal authorities, and there are several references to published works which were cited and consulted in the course of debate.

Records of the Geographical Society, ca. 1796

This small blue-covered paper notebook contains four leaves with the handwritten records of the Geographical Society, an undergraduate organization at Harvard in the late 1790s. The records consist of ten handwritten "Laws of the Geographical Society" and a short list of fines dispensed on October 7th. A list of six student surnames is written on a scrap of paper and attached with pins to the notebook's inside front cover. The surnames likely correspond to six members of the Harvard Class of 1798: John Abbot (1777-1854), Isaac Adams (d. 1807), Francis Brigham (d. November 14, 1796), Humphrey Devereux (1779-1867), Joseph Emerson (1777-1833), and Artemas Sawyer (d. 1826). The notebook is undated but was presumably kept in 1795 or 1796 around the time of Brigham's death on November 14, 1796. While Brigham's surname appears in the list of fines, it is crossed out on the inside front cover.

The articles which all that belong to the private meeting instituted at Harvard College, 1719, assent unto, January 10, 1723

This one-page document contains the handwritten laws of an unnamed Harvard College religious society. The document is dated January 10, 1723 and includes the signatures of twenty-six students in the Harvard Classes of 1724 through 1728.

Letter from Stephen Longfellow to Jabez Kimball, 1797 December 10

Stephen Longfellow wrote this letter to his friend Jabez Kimball on December 10, 1797. The letter was addressed to Kimball in London-Derry, where he was studying law. The letter is lighthearted, and Longfellow recounts various happenings at Harvard since Kimball's graduation the year before. Longfellow informs him of developments in Phi Beta Kappa, the Hasty Pudding Club, and his "attention to the ladies."

Letter from Stephen Longfellow to Daniel Appleton White, 1799 May 29

Stephen Longfellow wrote this letter in Portland, Maine on May 29, 1799; it was sent to his friend, Daniel Appleton White, in Medford, Massachusetts. In the letter, Longfellow describes the Election Day festivities among the "plebeans" in Portland, which he apparently found both amusing and upsetting. He compares the horses pulling their sleds to Don Quixote's horse, Rocinante. He also writes about mutual friends, including John Henry Tudor and Jabez Kimball, and bemoans the behavior of the current members of Phi Beta Kappa among the Harvard College undergraduates, whom he insists have sunk the society below its former "exalted station."

An oration delivered at the request of the PBK society, at Cambridge. 1790

This small paper notebook contains a sixteen-page handwritten copy of an oration on "amiable and useful virtues" delivered by Phi Beta Kappa member Thomas W. Hooper (1771-1816; Harvard AB 1789) during the anniversary meeting of the Alpha Chapter at Harvard University on September 1, 1790.

Some account of a paper call'd the Telltale, begun in colledge Sept 1721

The small leather-bound volume holds two sections, a manuscript student periodical, and written tête-bêche, an exchange on smallpox inoculation followed by notes on the rules and activities of a Harvard College student club. The volume begins with thirteen numbered manuscript issues, written in one hand, of the Tell-Tale running from September 9, 1721 to November 1, 1721. Prefaced, "This paper was entitl'd the Telltale or Criticisms on the Conversation & Beheavour of Scholars to promote right reasoning & good manner," the work is modeled after literary periodicals of the time, including the "Spectator," and is considered the oldest student publication at Harvard. The periodical appears to have circulated in manuscript form. The content varies in format and includes letters between Telltale and correspondents, short essays, and advertisements. Topics discussed include conversation, detraction, and flattery. While not specifically about Harvard it does provide some information about the College including evidence of various student activities and organizations at Harvard in the 1720s. The entry explaining the rules of the Telltale Club is heavily faded and nearly illegible. The Telltale records multiple dreams, which are populated by various characters, such as “beautiful” Kate, two “learned Physicians” debating inoculation, “four Fellows” “pushing and shoving one another,” and a “person of a very Dark & swarthy complexion in a Slovenly Dress with 7 patches & 5 sparks on his Face.”

Letters from Timothy Pickering to his brother and father, 1797-1798

These two handwritten letters by Timothy Pickering were written on February 14, 1797 and June 14, 1798 to his brother John Pickering and his father Timothy Pickering, respectively. The letter to his brother, John, discusses mutual friends, classmate Thomas Lee, and John’s recent attendance at a sermon by Dr. Joseph Priestley. The letter from Timothy to his father includes a discussion of Timothy’s expenses and the amount of money needed to pay his debts, a request for new shoes for commencement, the news of Timothy’s invitation to join honor society Phi Beta Kappa, and a few comments on his forensics course at Harvard.

La nouvelle immigration chinoise au Canada et au Québec dans le cadre de la mondialisation

Basée sur l’analyse des données officielles, cette recherche propose une étude sur le lien entre les nouveaux flux migratoires internationaux des Chinois, qui se produisent à partir des années 2000, et l’évolution des profils et des performances économiques des immigrants chinois au Canada et au Québec. Le but de ce mémoire est d’observer la quantité et la qualité de ces nouveaux arrivants vis-à-vis leurs performances après l’immigration. Les nouveaux immigrants en provenance de la Chine continentale sont différents des précédents dans la mesure où les riches et les élites sont devenus majoritaires. Ces nouveaux flux sont aussi accompagnés d’une forte croissance du nombre d’étudiants chinois qui font leurs études à l’international et du nombre d’immigrants de retour. Néanmoins, les résultats ne démontrent pas que leurs performances au Canada et au Québec s’améliorent même s’ils ont des profils plus qualifiés et plus jeunes. Évidemment, l’arrivée de ces immigrants chinois récents a des conséquences importantes. À cause des forts changements de la condition économique et sociale interne en Chine, ces flux de personnes ne cesseront pas de croître dans le futur proche. Ainsi, les décideurs du Canada et du Québec doivent porter plus d’attention et réagir au mieux face à cette tendance.