Word: avoided
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...person who took the purse from the desk in the Co-operative office is asked to return the same at once, to avoid further trouble...
There seems to have been a tendency to avoid "live" subjects for discussion. In spite of the strong political feeling at the time, questions connected with politics are rare. Once the question "Is the motto 'To the victors belong the spoils' a good one for a political party," was debated and decided in the negative. Only three questions relating to slavery were chosen for debate, and the debate on one of them was in definitely postponed on the evening appointed for it. The question "Are negroes an inferior race of beings?" was twice discussed, and each time was decided...
...possible precautions have been taken this year to avoid a repetition of the fiasco of last year, when the signals were misunderstood, and three of the crews started off in succession before the word was given. Printed directions for starting, which are given below, have been distributed among the crews, so that each oarsman will know what signals to expect before the crews get into line...
...that intoxicants sharpen the wits, which is not so, and is couriously inconsistent with common facts. Often at our dinners the brightest speeches are made by the cold water men. Following are reasons for total abstinence, (1) every young man should seek to make the best of himself and avoid all the risks (which are great) of intemperance; (2), he should aim at simplicity of habits, striking the key of his life moderately; (3), he should aim at health of body, which is liable to injury from drink, for any temporary stimulus is always followed by a strong reaction...
President Porter has requested the seniors to avoid the corner seats in his recitation room, the paradise of the would-be sleepers. A student who presumedly had been working hard the night before, was rudely aroused from his nap a few days ago by rolling off of one of the benches during the President's lecture...