Word: spokes
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...ballot on the arguments of the principal disputants was, affirmative, 21; negative, 36. The question was then thrown open to the house and the following gentlemen spoke from the floor: Mr. Carrier, '85, Mr. C. T. Libby, '86, Mr. Merriam, '86, Mr. Davis, '84. Mr. Fraser closed for the negative and Mr. Smith, '85, for the affirmative. The ballot on the merits of the question resulted, affirmative, 16; negative, 2 . The on the argament as a whole, affirmative,15; negative...
Last evening, Dr. H. P. Bowditch, dean of the medical faculty, lectured on the Advancement of Medicine by Research, to an audience filling the small hall in the Divinity building. His lecture was a plea in behalf of research by means of experiments on animals. He spoke of pain being a subjective sensation and relative in value. In animals which are dull in sensibility compared with man the sensation of pain is comparatively less. Many of the actions and cries which they make are out of proportion to the pain they bear, and are consequently misleading. The whole question...
...instructors in themes in a lecture recently given to the junior class spoke of the possibility of his being able to deliver some lectures on English literature, with the assistance and co-operation of the other instructors in themes. It seems to us that the plan is an excellent one, as it is surprising to see how many men go through college with but a faint knowledge of the literature of English speaking countries. These lectures, if given at all, would be entirely informal,-in fact would be in the nature of talks rather than lectures. The only elective courses...
...prophets? Aff. 1747. Do organs excite a devotional spirit in divine worship? Neg. 1730. Is capital punishment as effective in deterring men from crime, as sentence to hard labor for life? Neg. 1769. Is wealth more conducive to virtue than poverty? Aff. 1787. When Balaam's ass spoke, was there any change in its organs...
...advised the students not to bring their matters before the public, but before the faculty, and he would see that they were heard. If there were facts let them be investigated. No man had any authority to do as the students claim a certain professor had done. The president spoke of his action in regard to secret societies, and said it was better for Princeton to legislate on her own matters in this case, as she had done in that. "Let us settle our questions," he said, "among ourselves...