Word: affirming
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Whether or no there may not exist a defect in this quality of fellowship, in a possible tendency towards a too great suppression of individual personality through conformity to common college standards, is a question a newcomer is hardly competent to answer. One thing he can unhesitatingly affirm is his keen appreciation of the spirit of fellowship as contrasted with the spirit of individualism...
...after some twenty odd years' experience as a tutor, I may claim to be tolerably well acquainted. As a professional tutor who is not a very ardent believer in "pernicious" tutoring, even as a "necessary evil," I am willing to disregard my own private interests so far as to affirm that the method proposed by the Student Council, and favored by your editorial, would not decrease the amount of tutoring, but would increase it. I could, I believe, outline a method which would speedily drive the mass of professional tutors bag and baggage from the city...
...Public Speaking Department of Harvard College is small, but it is competently managed. It is small on account of the absurdly small number of students who utilize its opportunity. We cannot affirm too strongly that the advantages which accrue from a training in collation are among the most underestimated assets that may be derived from a college education...