Word: spokes
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...FIRMAN, '82, spoke at the annual meeting of the N. E. Woman Suffrage Association, at City Hall, Portland...
...time you are sure to hit on something that will pass for a witticism, and when you have once got off a good thing you can afford to be silly or stupid for a month - or until the next lucky hit. Remember that "many a jest word's spoke in truth;" or to put it more plainly, many a good thing's said without malice aforethought. Just talk a little vaguely, and people (after you've got up your reputation) will be sure to twist your words into meanings which are equally new and acceptable to you. Above all, keep...
...question of compulsory education was debated at the Harvard Union last night, and proved very interesting. Messrs. Eaton, '82, and Wait, '82, spoke on the affirmative, and Messrs. Davis, '81, and Moffat, '83, on the negative...
...spoke in all tongues, - but his collar
...same evening, the meeting was one of the most successful the Union has had. The question was: "Resolved, That co-education is desirable at Harvard." The regular disputants were, on the affirmative, Messrs. Firman and Mclnnes; and on the negative, Messrs. Thayer and Fuller. About a dozen members spoke from the House. Though the ballot on the merits of the question was two to one against co-education, the vote on the merits of the argument was three to one for it, although the negative was very ably argued...