Word: certainly
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...question where influence is so necessary. In the election of the committee next Tuesday, let representative men of influence be chosen. It may be objected by some that student opinion is not to be governed by the action of a student committee. Yet a representative committee, if elected, is certain to exercise a stronger influence than any set of resolutions, however formally drawn up and endorsed. But the committee cannot hope for success unless supported by the good will and hearty assistance of their fellow students. We trust that the committee will prove efficient in their work, and that henceforth...
...oratory. He is to a great extent sitting in judgment upon his own tastes and opinions. Without making any personal reflections whatever, it is surely a bad principle, when so many disinterested judges can be found, to appoint one who has a monetary interest in the success of certain of the competitors. Lest it seem that I feel personally aggrieved, I may state that I was not, and had no thought of being one of the contestants. But as a matter of simple fair play, the board of judges ought hereafter to be differently constituted...
...communication which we publish to-day, on the Boylston prize speaking, has on a priori grounds a certain amount of truth and value in it, but we must believe that what our correspondent feels as a great injustice in the preliminary speaking, is greatly exaggerated by him. There is very little chance that any man who is really worthy to compete for the prizes will be debarred because he has not had private instruction from one of the judges. Surely...
...Certain English Authors considered as Masters of Style. Course for freshmen. Special subject: Tobias Smollet. Prof. A. S. Hill. Sever 11, 9 a.m. This lecture concludes the course...
...speaking was good as a rule; a certain monotony of tone, however, characterized most of the speakers, and some of the best work showed too much careful the previous training of the declaimers. The gesticulation, on the whole, was crude, but in some cases it was remarkable rather for its finish than for its aptness. The carriage of the majority of speakers on the platform, evidenced a serious lack of ease. The movements that were made were too often jerky. At times the stiffness of the whole action of the speaker detracted seriously from the spontaneity of the rendering...