Word: viz
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...have found that they can succeed pretty well when they try. We must assume then that the Columbia freshmen will be as skilful in the use of the oar as our men. Haw can Harvard win? There are two respects in which our men can prove themselves superior, viz., material and capacity for work...
...November issue of the Atlantic Monthly contains a number of articles which must prove very interesting to the American. The first article, entitled "Character of Democracy in the United States," is perhaps the best one in this number. Its author, Mr. Woodrow Wilson, brings out the four following points, viz: that the general forces of democracy have been undermining all old forms of government; that these forces had nothing to do with the creation of our government; that they nevertheless had some effect upon us as part of the general influences of the age; and that the problems of organization...
DEAR SIR: Yale will accept dates offered by Harvard in letter of April 30, viz...
...racing shell built by John Blakey of Cambridge for the sophomore crew was tried by the 'varsity and found to carry them so well that an order was given for a boat for the 'varsity. It will be of the same dimensions as the '91 boat, viz.: 61 feet long, 24 inches beam, 61/2 inches deep at the bow and 5 3-4 at the stern...
...Hale, '92, opened the debate for the negative. The alternative, he said, is between prohibition and nine-tenths prohibition, for nine-tenths prohibition is the present condition of Massachusetts. There are numerous objections to the adoption of the prohibitory amendment, viz, it would be unconstitutional and degrading, and a prohibitory law could not work where there is no local option. Such an amendment would then be a farce, as Rhode Island and many other states can testify...