Word: absurd
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Question: "Resolved, That universal male suffrage has proved absurd in theory and ineffectual in practice...
...subject for debate will be "Resolved, That universal male suffrage has proved absurd in theory and ineffectual in practice." The principal speakers will be F. C. Thwaits L. S., for the affirmative, and W. E. Hutton '95, for the negative. The judges will be two members of the faculty, Mr. Conant and Mr. Copeland, and one member of the Club...
Question: "Resolved, That universal male suffrage has proved absurd in theory and ineffectual in practice...
...accommodate those who did not get a chance to speak at the recent competitive debate for membership, there will be another competition on November 9. This is open to all members of the University except freshmen. The subject will be "Resolved, That universal male suffrage is absurd in theory and has proved ineffectual in practice." F. C. Thwaits 2L., will speak on the affirmative and W. E. Hutton '95 on the negative. All members of the University are invited to be present and to speak...
...decidedly annoying. To ask students to present their work in a certain specified form is well enough, but to insist upon it, even to ask all the students of a course to buy a pamphlet of instructions as to how to behave in a course is little short of absurd. In History 13, for example, it is carried so far that each student is required to pay a small fee to meet the expense of the elaborate printing necessary for the course. Now the amount is small, but the principle seems wholly wrong, for certainly the ideal way of managing...