Word: partisans
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...receiving a majority of the votes cast. A second meeting will be held Thursday, at which, it is hoped, an election will be effected. All the men entitled to vote should remember that the election is for the interests of the college as a whole; that no partisan or class spirit should prevail, but that clique interests should give way to a unanimity characteristic of the general interest at stake...
...great bone of contention for partisan newspapers and political orators, the "Fraud of '76," will be discussed at the Harvard Union to-night. The character of the question is such as to draw a large audience, not only on account of the interest always attached to a political debate, but also because it is a question upon which every man has some opinion, and an opportunity is presented to ventilate his views. A debating society such as the Union should aim to debate questions on live issues and of general interest, as it is only by so doing that...
...similar outburst in the last two years, it was hoped that the usual freshman ebullition might be omitted. As all three candidates were Harvard graduates, perhaps there was a feeling that by cheering for alma mater, the different candidates could be honored, and yet the most tender of partisan feelings remain unhurt. However, the custom is a bad one and should be given...
...class of '86 contains an "offensive partisan" in the person of Mr. W. G. Webster, late of the Treasury department, Washington, D. C. Mr. Webster entered the service under competitive Civil Service Examination, but spent his vacation last fall in making campaign speeches. The New York Times noticed his first efforts as follows: Princeton, N. J., Sept. 26, 1884. Tonight, Mercer Hall was filled with college students to hear the first political speech of the campaign in the college Mr. W. G. Webster of Illinois, recently of Michigan University, spoke stirringly and in an eloquent manner. The meeting was enthusiastic...
...timehonored statute were repealed. Of the events that followed, there are many and conflicting accounts. Some say, that an amicable compromise was effected; others, among them Crimsonius, a well-known historian of that time, relate that upon the Facultas refusing to accede to the Board's demands, two partisan factions arose, and to such a pitch of animosity were they driven, that in umpty eighty-five, a fierce and desperate conflict took place, in which the Boardists were ignominously routed...