Word: skillful
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...vote on the merits of the question resulted in, affirmative, 70 votes; negative, 13. E. B. Harvey, '88, opened for the affirmative, and J. J. Shaughnessy, L. S., for the negative, followed by M. C. Hobbs, L. S., affirmative, E. B. Chenoweth, '88, negative. The victory in skill of argument was gained by the affirmative by a vote...
...question resulted in 29 votes for the affirmative, and 20 for the negative. The principal disputants on the affirmative were, G. P. Knapp, '87, and H. Page, '88; on the negative, H. B. Hutchins, '86, and I. H. Bronson, Sp. The negative gained the victory on the skill of argument by a vote...
...granted, then, to start with, that a man has a fair knowledge of the more mechanical side of writing, the question for him to settle is in what direction he shall turn his skill. If men carefully thought over this problem, the standard of work in our papers could be much raised...
...reported that the Chess Club intends to try its skill with Yale and Princeton very soon. Yale, Princeton, and Columbia have played several very close and interesting games...
...justifiable." The vote on the merits of the question resulted in 67 votes for the affirmative and 43 for the negative. The following gentlemen spoke as principal disputants, affirmative, A. B. Houghton, '86, and E. J. Rich, '87; negative, A. C. Boyden, '86, and J. M. Merriam, '86. The skill in argument was decided in favor of the negative by a vote...