Word: generality
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...General Sheridan lectured before the students of the Ohio Wesleyan University last week, his subject being "An Attack on Ingersoll...
...delight with which the false runior of a Harvard victory was received here. But, disappointed as every one was at the result of the game, the chagrin felt by all Harvard men who saw it, at the wretched showing of our representatives, was doubly bitter. There was a general feeling of confidence in the nine that even if they should be beaten they would give a good account of themselves both in the field and at the bat. The exhibition of fielding by Harvard was one which would have shamed a class nine in a game on Jarvis Field...
...examination papers will present three or four disputed questions of sufficiently varied and general interest to enable each student to treat one of them. Accompanying each topic will be a syllabus of the evidence, pro and con, upon which the controversy rests; and from this syllabus a brief must be constructed and an argument elaborated to sustain the proposition and meet the objections presented...
...Both the existence of the rail-roads and the general good of the public demand that local traffic should pay higher rates, both proportionally and in the aggregate than the through traffic, because-(a) a large through traffic which can only be obtained by low rates is necessary to railroads and public alike; (b) local traffic, which is generally small, must be charged more to be profitable to the railroads; (c) for the public the alternative is either a local traffic at reasonable though higher rates or no traffic at all. In short, local discriminations are a necessary evil.- Testimony...
...repeated. In the second part the Pierian strings gave Rheinholds prelude and after a rough introduction performed the number in a delicate and distinct manner. A word is due Mr. Whipple as he retires, for he certainly has done remarkably well in face of the general lack of interest shown in the Pierian of late years. He has had much to overcome of poor individual playing and listlessness. The Glee Club was at its best in its last appearance, was repeatedly encored and really did itself honor. Mr. Swarts in his "Capture of Bacchus" is able to show his clear...