Word: cogent
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...author takes a decided stand against the secret society system of our American colleges. His arguments are dispassionate, often cogent, and frequently - fallacious. All the reasons against the system are ably presented and urged; in much, in very much, his criticisms are just and unanswerable; but they frequently go too far. No better statement of all the charges against college secret societies from the standpoint of the student could be made. No more misleading and partial judgment on the question could be given. The many and imperative reasons for the existence of these societies are half unanswered, half ignored...
...preliminary meeting, believing that the good to be derived from such an association was at best doubtful, and feeling that the business of getting out a college paper without interfering with regular studies and examinations is quite enough to occupy our time. These reasons seem to us no less cogent now than they were a year ago, and we therefore decline the renewed invitation to be present at a meeting on April 15, trusting, nevertheless, that the Acta and other college papers that expect to be benefited by an I. P. A. will not be disappointed...