Word: thoughtful
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...close the debate," the other two speakers on each side being allowed twelve minutes each. Princeton wished each speaker to have the privilege of rebuttal and upon Yale's refusing to accept these terms, suggested that the question be settled by arbitration. Yale rejected this proposal, as it was thought that the experience of former debates did not justify any change in the method of procedure. Princeton then modified her first proposal to the extent of giving twelve minutes to each side for rebuttal, with the option of giving that time to either one or two speakers. Yale would...
...value of the new plan will suggest itself readily to everyone, certain of its advantages are evident on the surface; but the movement has a deeper meaning which may not suggest itself so readily. This plan is the first movement to organize college brain and college thought so that they may have some influence in what is called the "outside world." There is a great deal of good thinking done in college, but most of it does the world no good simply because it lacks opportunity. If it could reach beyond college bounds and could be given something besides itself...
...Copeland brought out clearly and forcibly the virtues and the faults of the old-comedy writers. No one felt the influence of the Puritan spirit less than Wycherly, Congreve and Farquaar. These men saw the follies and fashions of the time, thought they represented real life and as such chose to depict them. Now we realize that the world they lived in was only the artificial world. An example of a contemporary production which suffers from the same fault is Mr. Oscar Wilde's "A Woman of No Importance...
...effect which it has had upon the position and influence of women in educational circles. The solid scholarship displayed by women all over England in the Extension classes has caused the exclusive occupants of university privileges to stop and consider the equities of the situation, as they have never thought of doing before...
During the course of his long service as secretary, the late Mr. Bolles wrote constantly to students, in reply to questions of many kinds. It is thought that many of these letters may contain advice and suggestions which would be of general usefulness and interest. Any students, past or present, who have such letters are requested to send them to Mrs. Frank Bolles, No. 6 Berkeley street, Cambridge, to be returned after copies have been made. Should it seem desirable to publish later any part of this correspondence, the names of the recipients will not be disclosed...