Word: saying
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Intercollegiate Debating Association is agreed upon the general principle that the award should not be made on the merits of the question but upon the merits of the debate; that is to say, consideration as to what may seem to a Judge the intrinsic merit of either side of the question should not enter into or determine the award; but the award ought to be made to that college team which evinces in general greater argumentative ability and better form as speakers...
...team, and especially the line, will be lighter than this year. On the offense, no serious loss will be felt. In punting also, with Reid and Hallowell still in College, the only change can be a gain. With the lessons of this season in mind, it is safe to say that the gain will be a decided...
...short jokes in prose and verse are very good, but the drawings, excepting the centre page, are not above the ordinary. The series of drawings on "Rowing Experiences, etc." is without point, and the drawing on the last page, although a local touch, has a joke which is to say the least well worn out. The editorials are timely, pointed and interesting, especially the one on Thanks-giving...
...poetry, there is little to say, and that in praise. "The Old Song," and "The Plaidie," both by Charles Sibley Gage '67, have that indefinable power which characterizes the verses of Robert Burns. They are bits of sweet melody, whose strength lies in their simplicity. The editorials are timely; the book notices are mediocre...
...relations of Church and State. He said first, that Church patriotism is a higher thing than national patriotism, and that in any disagreement between a man's government and his Church, he should in all cases stand by the former. The letter of 1890 goes on to say that the Church should have supervision over the government, and should have direct control of all matters of intellectual or moral interest to mankind...