Word: opinionative
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...remark was recently made by President Eliot of Harvard, that: "In no field does college education tell more than in the field of business." This is, we believe, contrary to the opinion that prevails among men of average education, not college graduates; but it appears to us to contain a vast truth, and it is probable that public sentiment is being gradually modified in this direction. It has been a common thing for men of means to refuse to send their sons to college on the ground that they were going into business, where, according to their view, a college...
EDITORS DAILY CRIMSON.- The opinion is every day growing stronger that the senior class made a mistake in choosing Mr. Notman as class photographer. The work is not nearly as good as the samples shown to the committee. The sittings for this album were given very hurriedly, and the proofs were in most cases wholly unsatisfactory. The operator allowed us to sit in any position we happened to drop into, only urging us to "look as pleasant as possible." Two or three proofs were taken in as many seconds, and we were dismissed with the assurance that "these will...
...communication in this morning's issue, the editors of the Advocate give reasons why, in their opinion, the task of publishing the literary work of the college should devolve upon them, rather than upon the proposed Literary Monthly. Until the evidence is all in, and the matter has been fully discussed, we must reserve our judgment on the relative merits of the two schemes...
...decision modifies previous decisions, it would seem that Dr. Taussig would confer a great favor on all the members of his large section, by giving at one of his lectures the facts of the cases and the grounds for both the decision of the court and of the opinion of the dissenting judges...
Upon examning this table, at first thought it seems as if the quality of the regular board must have been lowered in the last two years, and that thereby men have been driven to the order list. The candid opinion of boarders who can remember '82-3, will, however, refute this supposition. The board has been continually improved during the last two years. Mutton stew and beef stew are both nightmares of the past. Substantial dinners and wholesome lunches are assured facts. No one can for a moment claim that poor board has been the cause for this increasing tendency...