Word: dissenter
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...RIDDLE'S resignation has been commented upon heretofore, and we must all recognize how great a loss he will be to the department of elocution. But we must dissent from the Advocate when it says, regarding his present engagement, that it is "gratifying" that his "labor of love is now to yield him substantial benefit, and that his histrionic abilities are coming to receive their just recognition." No one more sincerely wishes success to Mr. Riddle than does the Crimson; but in consenting to play oedipus with an English support before mixed audiences, we think he has made a grave...
...general suspension of work; a student's working-time is greatly reduced by spending Saturday afternoons and Sundays at home; the time thus lost should be spent in reading, writing, and intellectual conversation." With the highest respect for the President's opinions, there is yet some ground for dissent...