Word: ought
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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DEBATE OF MARCH 27, 1889.Question: "Resolved, That the prohibitory amendment to the Massachusetts constitution ought to be adopted...
...been interesting to all, but the attendance was voluntary, so that there was no reason why a man should behave himself otherwise than as a gentleman. But this year it is different; the course is conducted by several, instead of one, of the ablest professors of the University, and ought to be of interest to every man. This interest in the course, if nothing else, should keep a man quiet and not allow him to behave in a noisy, childish, and even pitiable manner...
...when he comes to college, has no very clear idea of how to conduct himself at recitations, certainly he ought to have had ample chance to learn in the first half-year, and after the mid-years be able to go into a lecture-room and sit for an hour without either disgracing himself or disturbing his neighbors...
...Harvard Cricket Club, it must be accepted or declined, as the cricket men may decide. We wish the new cricket interest every success so long as it does not take men away from either baseball or lacrosse who might serve them to increase the chances of success. There ought certainly to be enough men here especially from Philadelphia and New Vork, who understand the game, and who take no active part in any other branch of athletics, to furnish players and support a cricket club...
...Grays last evening. The Rev. Roland Alton Smith, assistant at Trinity Church, Boston, read a short service and the second chapter of St. Paul's Epistle to the Corinthians. He said a few words about the life and work of St. Paul, and showed how members of the society ought to follow St. Paul's example. All men who call themselves Christians ought to live up to their profession, and by their example and conduct influence other men for good...