Word: chief
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...broken, that less pressure would be brought to bear on the president to influence legislation corruptly, that continuity of legislation would be ensured and that a more progressive policy could be maintained by the executive. The disputants on the other side claimed that the legislative department was the chief and the executive, the servant, and that this measure would strengthen the latter at the expense of the former; that extreme measures would be enacted through the strong bias of the cabinet members, that their attention would be drawn from their official and more important work, and that the influence held...
...events won is as follows, corrected up to date: '86, five; '85, three; '87, three; '88, one; Law School, one; Medical School, one. The sparring shown at the meeting was very good, though at times of too savage a kind to meet the approbation of the ladies. The chief interest of the meeting centered in the tug-of-war between the seniors and juniors, which is described at full length in another column. The summary of the events follows...
...students, it appears that some achieve an extraordinary amount of work, while others attempt little, and complete less." Naturally enough the special students include in their number both the men who have come to get every benefit possible from the instruction given in the college, together with those whose chief ambition is to do as little work as they can, and at the same time meet the requirements of the college...
...first public meeting of the day was begun. The chief features of the exercises were a paper on " The Bible Class," presented by Mr. Richards of Amherst, followed by a discussion on the same subject, and an address by the Rev. A. J. Gordon, D. D., of Boston. Dr. Gordon referred his hearers to the Epistles of Timothy and Titus, taking as his subject " The Word of God and the Man of God." The address was very interesting, and an unusually large number of students were present. The meeting closed at about four o'clock...
...third act: Cxsar, Cummings, D. S.; Brutus, Hansen. '85; Casca, Bowen, '85; Cassius, Goodale, '84; D. Brutus, Rogers, '86; Cimber, Foss, '85; Trebonius, Hamlin, '86; Popilius, Kelleher, '85; Servant, Greenman, '85; Chief Citizens, Boyden, Strauss, Bailey, and Dickerman...