Word: givings
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...advantages of this change are obvious. The interval between the nominations and the elections will give men a chance to find out the merits of candidates; and the prolonging of the vote through a whole day, besides ensuring a much larger vote, will make it possible for men to express their preferences in three minutes instead of the three hours that the evening meeting has usually occupied...
...objections raised seem to suggest that the opponents of the amendment fail to give the general good its due supremacy. That the same candidate can not, if rejected for one office, stand for the next, is an argument that will have force with the candidate himself rather than with the club as a whole. That the postponement of the election for a few days will harmfully prolong the excitement can hardly have been seriously meant. That, after all, it is better that only those interested should vote, is a proposition the fallacy in which is evident when we consider...
...written to a saddler of Soissoas, then at Paris, by his apprentice, describing the siege and capture, by the king's forces, of the town of Soissons, which is in sympathy with the Duke of Burgundy. Though the apprentice himself remains throughout a somewhat colorless onlooker, he manages to give us a striking account of a fifteenth-century siege, with its excitement and its horrors. In this story, too, there is sensation, but it is not of a morbid kind...
Instead of the ordinary leathers, shoes are to be bolted on the footboards. It is expected that this will give the men a firmer hold, and will prevent blistering of the feet...
After the talk which Mr. Lehmann is to give in Sanders Theatre under the auspices of the Harvard Union, next Thursday evening, on "The University as a Training Ground for the Public Speaker," there will be a reception in the dinning hall. It is hoped that at this time the members of the different athletic organizations will be present, so that all members of the University may have an opportunity, not only of meeting Mr. Lehmann, but also of becoming personally acquainted with the men who represent them in athletic contests. The whole aim of the reception is to bring...