Word: skilled
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...students are to assemble. It has been decided that the students are to have the second place in the line, and they will be headed by the College band, which has been rehearsing for the past week or so, and has now acquired a very fair degree of skill...
...There was wanting in the Harvard argument definiteness, a fault which afforded an easy point of attack for the Yale men. Still the Harvard argument taken by itself was strong, but was not presented so forcibly as the Yale argument. All the Yale speakers had splendid form. Clark's skill in analysis was perhaps their strongest weapon. For Harvard, Stewar dspoke best, making the most effective of the rebuttal speeches...
...extent and variety of Plato's works is amazing. He handled all subjects with a master's skill. He wrote on logic, economics, metaphysics and poetry, a great number of works, only a few of which have come down...
...that he should write up articles in a good, clear, style, and that he should be energetic, alert, and willing to work hard if need be for the paper. He should be able to get facts precisely as they are, and to put them into readable shape with some skill. These are the essential qualities that a candidate should possess. To men of the right sort who are really interested in becoming editors of the CRIMSON, the work required will not seem very difficult nor confining...
Considering the recent interest in debate the Faculty have decided to offer a new course this next year and the senior and junior classes will have in it an exceptional opportunity for the cultivation of skill in debating. Special attention is to be given to the course in "Economic Debates," in order that it may afford systematic training for skill and readiness in argument and in extemporaneous speaking. Instruction will also be given in rhetoric and in the preparation of briefs...