Word: chose
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...subject for the debate was chosen by Yale and was: "Resolved, That the President's term be increased to six years and he be ineligible for re-election. Harvard chose the affirmative of the question...
...humor is often broad and sometimes coarse. Whether Aristophanes wrote merely in fun or for a serious purpose is a mooted question. If he intended to bring about a reform, he made a dismal failure. Great as his talents were, he took no stock in tragedy or philosophy, but chose to exert all his energies in comedy. His efforts were well rewarded, for he still remains the greatest comic poet of all time...
...representatives in the debate with Yale were held last week. W. F. Burns '95, B. L. Hirshfield '95 and R. M. McElroy '96 were chosen. The question for debate is: "Resolved, That under the circumstances the income tax of 1894 was justifiable." Yale submitted the question and Princeton chose the affirmative. The contestants for the Lynde senior debate were also chosen last week...
...accounts for his knowledge of a seaman's life. "Whoever wants a peck of trouble," he says, "let him get himself a wife and a boat; these two will be enough." Plautus concerned himself little about his relations with Greek originals. He cared only to amuse his audiences, and chose the plots which were easiest to transpose...
...choice of sides was left to the Harvard committee and they chose the negative. Each speaker was allowed one speech of twelve minutes; twelve minutes was then allowed each side for rebuttal. This arrangement was a compromise between Princeton's idea of each speaker being allowed a second speech and Harvard's desire that each man should speak but once...