Word: partizan
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...national difficulties. He was pleased to see that today Harvard's sons had put themselves to the front of a movement for a "government by the people," i. e., control by the Republican party. Although Judge Hoar opened his speech by deprecating that Harvard should appear as a partizan, yet he continued, "If it has got to be done, I at least am glad to see that she is 'on the right side.' " And then he goes on to make athoroughly partizan speech-perfectly in place for campaign stimulus, but as much out of place when it comes under...
...late Harvard-Yale foot-ball game in the New Haven Union, we were struck by the great difference between the attitude of the New Haven papers toward Yale and that of the Boston papers toward Harvard. It was a noticeable fact that the New Haven daily was even more partizan and unjust toward Harvard than the Yale News itself; the writer could neither praise Yale too much nor heap enough abuse upon Harvard, showing that the Union, at least, stood prepared to back Yale in whatever she did, good...