Word: affirmation
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...affirm that the loss of the game on Saturday was the occasion of our criticism of the freshmen and their conduct is an assumption which ought not to be made by any one unless he be gifted with that extreme insight into the processes of mental action, which enables one to perceive clearly the line of thought which is being carried on in a mind other than one's own. We do not believe that our correspondent possesses this insight. If a year ago the seeds of the evil which is now being reaped were sown, it is the oversight...
...voice or in the action. The former is sepulchral and monotonous or it is unpleasantly nasal, and the thought which the voice should convey to the ear is utterly lost. Again, the speaker denies by his gestures what he has already said in words; he means to affirm, and he shakes his head violently as in negation, or he repels when he means to appeal, - or again, he has not learned the value of repose, and he keeps his hands and head going till you are worn out with the very sight of his ineffectual labor to have you seize...
...principle question before the meeting was, How to treat cribbing. Mr. Merriam's resolution that students. suspected of cribbing, be brought before a jury, composed in part of students, for trial, was carried. Vote: Affirm., 8; neg., 1. A proposal that the jury consist of 6 members each of faculty and students, and another for 3 members each were voted down. The resolutions, presented by Prof. Shaler, "That the Conference Committee recommends that students, hereafter suspected of cheating in college work, be tried by the Conference Committee, voting as usual, and, if adjudged guilty, be so reported to the faculty...
...very spirited and interesting. The president, Mr. Merriam, '86, occupied the chair. The subject for debate was, Resolved: - That President Cleveland's administration has been and promises to be in the direction of reform. The vote on the merits of the question resulted in 48 votes for the affirmative and 38 for the negative. J. M. Goodale, L. S., opened the debate for the affirmative, G. P. Furber, '87, for the negative, followed by E. A. Hibbard, L. S., affirm., and P. L. Sternbergh, '87, neg. The vote on the skill in debate of the principal disputants stood, affirmative...
...face of outside opinion once more," says the writer, "I would not hesitate to affirm that, with the sole exception of the 'swell,' the 'grind' is the least valuable and useful type of college student. While a rational and vigorous attention to study is the prime object of a college course, the man who devotes himself to study exclusively, withdrawing himself from all human interest, is quite as mistaken an extremist as he who neglects his studies altogether. The former's science of navigation may be excellent, but if he does not know the sun when he sees...