Word: protested
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...earnest protest of the Vassar graduates against the plan pursued in that college bears upon a singular part of our modern educational training. The protest was moderate and strong in both meaning and language, and deserves careful attention from every parent. The author (who had herself won the first place in the graduating class and was therefore entitled to speak) urged that the system of placing "honors" at graduation before the pupil at her entrance into school as the chief object of her endeavors "induced a nervous strain incompatible with her highest physical or mental development. The system...
After this individual protest was allowed to take the place of class objection...
...refusal of the degree will be regarded as an aristocratic protest against electing a man of humble origin, no matter what his talents, to the executive chair. It will also be regarded as a piece of partisan spite by all fair-minded citizens. - [New Haven Union...
...meeting of the lacrosse team last night it was decided to protest the recent Yale-Harvard game, and the following committee was appointed to draw up grounds of complaint: Davis, '83; Noble, '84; Marquand, '85. Mr. Noble, '84, was elected captain for the ensuing year...
...class races at Yale took place at 7.45 P. M. on Wednesday. The freshmen, who were ahead, stopped an eighth of a mile from the finish, a steamer crossing their track. The juniors and sophomores pulled to the finish in good form. As the freshmen's protest has been allowed, the race will be rowed over...