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Word: acquits (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
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...scholastic instruction, and as in school the teacher must keep order, so the faculty must use the same secondary care over the outside life of the students. But they are not here to sit in judgment on a man who may commit a fault, to try him, and finally acquit or convict him. But where to make the distinction? here lies the difficulty. As the University is now conducted, they certainly have the right to investigate certain matters, and how are they to tell when the case is proper for their hands and when...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 4/20/1887 | See Source »

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