Word: reasoning
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...This reason why the games should not be played at Saratoga may be considered selfish, since we seem to begrudge the wicked minions of J. Morrissey the pleasure of seeing a base-ball match between men whom they cannot bribe; but there is another and a weightier argument against Saratoga. When this town was chosen for the boat-race, a great outcry was made, as everybody knows, that the upright boating lads would be corrupted by the evil influences of that sinful place. This objection, however, was groundless, since the strict training of the oarsmen would effectually prevent any dissipation...
...much for externals. The chief reason for a decline of the interest felt in Class-Day may be found in the great increase of our classes. While the classes were one third or one half the size they are now, Seniors, with a few exceptions, could invite nearly all their friends in the vicinity to come and enjoy all the Class-Day exercises. Nowadays, with eight tickets to the Chapel and five to the tree, very few men can invite a large share of their acquaintance to these the most interesting parts of the programme...
...which '74 sent to Ingleside. If this crew goes to Saratoga, and the class follows to see their race, the boating interest of '77 will be settled on a firm basis, and when they have once established the reputation of a boating class, - and there is no reason why they should not, - the reputation is sure to be kept...
...value of an effort "to do honor to Shakspere, to make out the succession of his plays, and thereby the growth of his mind and art." Mr. Furnivall complains that there are no such students of Shakspere in England as may be found in Germany, and gives as a reason the narrow way in which Englishmen have devoted themselves to the mere text, instead of striving for a comprehensive view, through his plays, of the man Shakspere himself, both in his youth and riper years. To carry on this broader study it is necessary to arrange the plays in true...
...judicious criticism. Difficult as it is to write an article for a college paper on a subject in which we are interested, we know how much more difficult it proves to write a theme or a forensic, of much less length and poorer quality, and we have no reason to think that the case would be different with regard to elocution, especially when we remember what a wretched farce recitation in that study used to be. A step in the right direction was taken when an instructor in elocution was appointed for the Senior Class, who devotes a portion...