Word: questionability
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Dates: during 1873-1873
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After politics, the Southwestern bard proceeds to solve what is known as "the woman question"; he strongly disapproves of those ladies...
WHAT are we to think of the Senior who replied to the question of his instructor, "How would you ask for two glasses of lager?" "By raising two fingers," and that "he had been there." Perhaps it would be well to add, for the benefit of those who are waiting to find out where the laugh comes in, that the instructor expected him to say, "Zwei glas lager." - Chronicle...
...Springfield boating will be greatly discouraged, and it is of the utmost importance to the success of rowing in America that a good course be selected this coming year, and one which will not have to be changed again; for every change causes many inconveniences and drawbacks. This question of choice should be carefully considered, and if what is here said can provoke any interest on the subject, it will have answered its purpose...
...question of smooth water, that can only be told by actual trial. Some one ought to be sent by one of the boat-clubs to try the water for four or five days in a shell, and give a report after thorough examination and personal experience, and also to find out whether the city will clear the course for the race, offer prizes, and oblige steamers to slow up and look out for shells...
...extend the privilege to every student. It is absurd to maintain that this week one is incompetent to judge of his moral welfare, but the next week competent to do so. One student is, as a general rule, no better qualified to decide upon such matters than another. A question of age should no more be taken into consideration here than in the assignment of scholarships...