Word: partisan
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...outside assistance, the race should be abandoned. The Yale men were of the opinion that the joint committee would be able to satisfactorily settle all ordinary questions, but recognize the fact that there might be some points to decide in reference to which the separate committees would have decidedly partisan views, and have considered that the only way in which these questions could be decided is by the action of a disinterested neutral committee. In the letter of the 22d inst., they agreed to leave these questions to this committee and to act by its decision...
...this year are : "The American Judiciary and its Dangers," "The Imperfections of the Jury System," "Modern Inventions as Related to Human Happiness," "The Influence of Physical Conditions on Moral Character," "Athens in the Time of Pericles," "The University of Oxford," "Author of 'Rob and His Friends,' " "John Quincy Adams," "Partisan History," "Howells as a Critic of American Life," "The Unrest of the Age as Expressed in its Poetry...
...annual election for Chronicle editors was held on May 20. It resulted in throwing disgrace on the association, and in making the will of a majority of the subscribers subservient to the machinations of a few politicians. The obviously partisan character of the president and board of directors enabled them not only to arrange the voting lists to their best advantage, but also to silence all protests from their opponents...
...always glad to find an interest in public questions among the students, and to have them consider thoughtfully their duties as citizens of free States. And while I think every man should take a side in politics, he need not, and ought not, to be so much of a partisan as to forbear to denounce and disavow unworthy methods and corrupt men, wherever found...