Word: solidity
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...lectures by each gentieman. In most of the controversies between the advocates of free tade and protection, each speaker is very often in the habit of stating his own ideas, of which by the way he is very positive, without thinking it necessary to establish his views with solid facts, or with solid facts to refute the views of his opponents. Free traders as a rule express great contempt for their opponents, the protectionists, and smile in a pitying way at the follies and mistaken theories of the protectionists, often prefacing their remarks with the observation that really educated...
...what they ought to be. The charm of the lecture, however, lay in the illustrations which the speaker applied to his subject. He told anecdotes in a way which convulsed his audience; he imitated the performances of orators, and would-be orators to perfection. In the more solid portions of his lecture, Mr. Dougherty was not so successful. His thought was good, but his delivery had the fault of its school. It was too oratorical-showing the speaker's art too perceptibly. Whenever he digressed into illustration, however, Mr. Dougherty was perfect. The audience certainly appreciated it, for Sanders rang...
TRIALS, MIDDLE-WEIGHT WRESTLING.W. J. Bowen, '87, 156 lbs., and J. M. T. Finney, M, S., were the first two contestants. Bowen had stronger arms and a better body. Finney was more solid in the legs and weighed about as much as Bowen. Bowen won the first fall in less than a minute, getting a neck hold and hip lock. This was done so quickly that Finney was taken by surprise, and was on his back almost before he knew it. The men faced each other again, and this time their work showed them to be very evenly matched. Bowen...
...John E. Todd in his tirade against the present curriculum at Yale, sums up his attack as follows: "A medley-a smattering of language, sciences and subjects, not one of which is there any solid foundation laid for future acquirements, mingled with a thorough acquaintance with the rules of athletic games, the composition of mixed drinks, and the mysteries of poker-such is the present college education...
...passed to secure and present to Col. Bancroft some suitable testimonial as a proof of the esteem in which he is held by the boating men of Harvard. In accordance with this resolution the Boat Club has caused to be made a beautiful pitcher, eight inches in height, of solid, hammered silve, bearing the following inscription...