Word: needful
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Boston de cries the prevalence of the practice among college men. At Dartmouth, of which Dr. Quint makes particular mention, holders of scholarships are not allowed to smoke-first, because the habit is considered injurious to the student; and, second, because it is not well to teach men who need help in their education to consume their substance in smoke...
...another column we publish a communication urging the establishment of a chair of journalism at Harvard. Each succeeding year witnesses the enlargement of the curriculum by the new courses in modern languages, science and philosophy, but not a step has yet been made to establish a course whose need is greatly felt. The fear either of the total failure, or but partial success, of a course in journalism is what deters the faculty from taking the initiative, and unfortunately there is no precedent at other colleges by which it is easy to judge the benefit of such a course. Lately...
Athletics as a whole are in a bad condition and there is need of a radical reform all through, as is shown by the records of the base-ball and foot-ball teams for the last year, which has also put a damper on the enthusiasm of the college and threatens to result seriously for athletics unless some great changes take place...
...Women need the right of suffrage for self-protection. (a) They need it for the protection of their property and civil rights.- T. W. Higginson in "Common Sense about Women," p. 199. (b) There is no virtual representation for women.- Charles Sumner, speech, March...
...Woman does not need the ballot to protect her rights.- Bushnell, Woman's Suffrage, p. 29. (b) Suffrage should be conferred only on those who can enforce its decrees.- Forum...