Word: generalities
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...Nassau Lit. for March shows, and acknowledges that it shows, "an irritated sensibility" in regard to the troubles at Princeton. It is especially severe on Cornell in general, and on the Era in particular, and calls attention to the disturbances at Cornell some time ago. The Princetonian also uses the "tu quoque" argument as a weapon of defence, by complaining of the daily papers' silence in regard to the Yale men's reception of Count Johannes. The Princetonian is entirely occupied with the pistol-fight, and contains accounts of the affray, editorial comments, words for the Freshmen, words...
...life-long toothache. What I particularly noticed was the grief that seemed to pervade all. One woman with a face like a baked apple called in the greatest despair, unceasingly, "Miss Flynn, O Miss Flynn !" Presently she burst into tears, and propounded two questions to her neighbors in general, the first relative to a mother's feelings, and, failing to receive an answer, the next whether any one had anything about them to keep a poor widow from fainting. It transpired shortly after that Miss Flynn, affected by the solemnity of the day, had given free license to a craving...
...MEETING of the Freshman class took place on Thursday, the 28th of February. Mr. Whiting, the president of the class, after calling the meeting to order, explained in a short address that its object was to ascertain the general opinion in regard to rowing a race with the Freshman crew of Cornell. Some doubts having been expressed as to the captain's right to send or accept challenges, he stated that, as no executive committee had been appointed to decide such matters, Captain North had acted rightly, and in accordance with the custom of his predecessors, in accepting the challenge...
...should decide for themselves. He said that, in his opinion, the class could not honorably withdraw from a race after what had passed, but if they were going to do so, it had better be at once than later. He concluded by proposing a ballot to decide on the general feeling of the class, of which a large majority was present. The motion was carried, and, a ballot being taken, it was decided by a large majority, and, upon reconsideration, unanimously, to row against Cornell, and support the crew. The meeting was then adjourned...
...kind of independence he opposes. This we fully understand; but we beg to decline to meet him on his own ground of personalities. He says, further, that we twisted his words from their meaning and misconceived his aim. This we endeavored to avoid, and we believe, as regards the general spirit of his remarks, with success. Those errors which we may have committed were generally due to the obscurity of his meaning. None of them vitiated our defence of true independence. For example, our error in quoting "Ossip" as calling not merely his imaginary independent man but every...