Word: strongly
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...great argument of those opposed to this system is, that the College has no right to compel a man to expend his money for boarding where he does not wish; but this, it strikes me, is not a very strong objection, inasmuch as we are compelled to use our money in numerous ways. Laws are necessary in every community for the good of the majority, and in making laws the good of the mass, and not the individual interest, must be consulted. It is for this reason that no one thinks of objecting to the law that all the citizens...
...studies than those which involve the committing to memory of facts like these? Is there not Natural Science to train young people to observation? Are there not the Mathematics to make them exact in reasoning? Are there not the Languages to improve their taste and make them graceful and strong in expression? There is one faculty, however, that does not receive adequate training by any of these means; and that is the judicial faculty. To weigh probabilities nicely, to decide according to the evidence, or (what is perhaps as praiseworthy) to withhold the decision for lack of evidence, are important...
...again. Hoping to touch the heart of at least one member of the Corporation, we have procured a rough estimate of the cost of a plank-walk, to be laid around the Yard, and on the principal cross-walks and entrances; such a walk, made three feet wide, of strong planks, and so constructed that it could be taken up and put down again with little labor, would cost only about $700 or $800, - possibly less. It could be laid close to the buildings, so that an ample space would be left for the passing of coal-carts and carriages...
...article on Chapel shows a strong contrast between their and our way of doing things. Attendance at morning prayers being optional, there were present at a recent exercise of this kind "two Seniors, three Juniors, and a few Sophomores and Freshmen...
THERE does not seem to be any very strong desire among the students for fresh, well-aired rooms to begin the day with, as may be seen...