Word: elements
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1870-1879
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Presence of Didactic Purpose in a Novel an Element of Strength or Weakness...
...annual meeting of the Senior class all business was suspended for a time while the "rowdy and baby" element threw chalk, towels, and other destructive missiles at the gentlemen of the class...
...argument is a simple one: I am independent, therefore I am unpopular. Let us see if his reasoning is sound. It is one of the conditions of civilization that the customs and precedents of the society in which we live shall influence our conduct. It is the conservative element in a state that keeps it from anarchy. But these commonplace truths are ignored by the independent man. In the face of established and recognized principles he blurts out his opinions. He thinks it is great and original to pronounce, though unsolicited, his views on college life, and the motives which...
...subjects of the Second Junior Forensic are: 1. Should Colonization be undertaken by the State? 2. Is it an Advantage to England to have no Written Constitution? 3. Is the Presence of Didactic Purpose in a Novel an Element of Strength or Weakness...
When a college Faculty treat students in the manner we have mentioned, they cannot expect to subdue the boyish and rowdy element which is so prominent in almost all the smaller colleges. The cane and beaver rushes, the Cornell "stackings," the thousand and one absurdities which make up the amusements of such students, will remain in favor so long as the Faculties encourage them by treating their perpetrators as if they were committing a fault and not an imbecility. When a Cornell student "stacks" a room, or a Union student indulges in a cane rush, to wear a foolscap would...