Word: sure
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...think we can draw some lessons from our defeat. In the first place, our own interpretation of a question may be right, but it is never safe to be so sure it is right as to leave unanswered or treat as irrelevant arguments based upon a different understanding of the subject. If our men had said, "We do not accept the Yale interpretation; still we will answer our opponents on their own ground," the result might have been different...
...announcement that Professor Munsterberg, who was in charge of the Psychological Laboratory during the three years from 1892 to 1895, has been given a permanent professorship in the University is sure to be favorably received. Professor Munsterberg will be a welcome addition to the department and will soon be needed, as the residence in Cambridge of Professor Delabarre, the acting Director of the Psychological Laboratory is only temporary...
...obtaining tickets to the class dinner tomorrow night. Not only have most of those who have signed for tickets neglected thus far to purchase them, but over half of the class has not even signified its intention of attending the dinner. The mere fact that the dinner is sure to be a pleasant affair and that several good speeches will be made ought alone to draw a large number of men; but the knowledge that this is the first occasion on which all the members of the class are given a chance to come together and see one another...
FRENCH BALLETS and Turkish Ceremony rehearsal this afternoon in Brattle Hall at 2 o'clock sharp. Everybody be sure and be there, as this is the last chance to practice with the orchestra...
...clubs of different universities, elaborately prepared and widely advertised, it seems impossible to have them generally regarded in any but this light; and when such prominence is given them as in the present case and a decision is announced, debating interests in the university of the losing club is sure to receive the same kind of a set-back in the eyes of the public,- to a smaller extent,- as that caused by defeat in a regular intercollegiate debate. This is so manifestly unfair to students who are not members of the particular club interested that some means ought...