Word: upheld
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Dates: during 1873-1873
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...whose voice is drowned by uproarious laughter. All undergraduates know that roughing creates the habit of giving a ready reply; in fact, I can think of no method by which it is more successfully cultivated. Upon this ground, then, the custom which is so bitterly attacked by some is upheld. I hope it will not be inferred that I am defending any one for offering insults to another under the mere pretence that he is endeavoring to correct him. It would be presupposing a lack of common sense on the part of undergraduates to imagine that they would overstep...