Word: sentimentalism
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...this kind, and the unexpected victory of Yale added greatly to the enthusiasm. It is felt that the cause of debating has received an impetus, the effects of which will be lasting. The speeches of the Harvard debaters at the banquet after the debate seemed to express the sentiment here exactly, and by their manly tone added greatly to the victory. The alumni throughout the country have received the news of Yale's first winning debate with especial enthusiasm, and many letters of congratulation have been received from them...
...some years past there has been a widespread idea that there is a conflict between the truths of science and religion. By many people religion has been taken as a kind of sentiment rather than a rational belief. The first real difficulty in the way has been the Biblical account of the creation of the world in six days. In view of the gradual development of other planets, it seems hard to believe that the world could have reached so high a state of development in six days. But this account is not to be taken too literally...
...Harvard-Princeton debate, though not unexpected, occasioned serious thought as to why Princeton with her Halls, and her supposedly superior advantages, should have again suffered defeat in this branch of intercollegiate contests. The following caitorial, which appeared in the Princetonian after the debate, expresses fully and fittingly the sentiment of the college in general...
...absent about five weeks, returning in time for the spring games with Yale. The result of this trip, especially if the men are successful in their respective events, will be to strengthen interest in Princeton and her track athletics and the whole venture is backed up strongly by undergraduate sentiment...
...money world has stood two great strains since the repeal of the Sherman act and the closing of the mints in India against silver. Sentiment is now again strongly in favor of monetary reform...