Word: section
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...remarkably fine section, this of ours, but it has its peculiarities. There is a little saying, -which I hope you have never heard, -that it takes all kinds of people to make up a world. So it is with that part of the world which consists of our section. There are men in it that I thought -before I came to college -only existed in the uncivilized "universities" of the far West...
...subject for the second forensic of the second section of the Senior class is as follows: "Is it true that, as the boundaries of science are enlarged, the empire of the imagination is diminished?" References: Hazlitt's Lectures on the English Poets, Lecture I. Edinburgh Review, Vol. 21, art., Madame de Stael sur la Litterature. Christian Examiner, Vol. 24, art., Influence of Christianity and Civilization on Epic Poetry. The forensic is to be handed in on the third Tuesday in January...
Again there are some offices (such as poet and chorister, for instance), for which there is often no competition, common consent indicating who shall be the incumbent. In such cases as the two just mentioned, the section that these offices naturally fall to should consider such offices as a constituent part of their representation...
...question which now presents itself is, How can we make Class Day successful? The obvious answer is, By enlisting the interest of every portion of the class. Let the exercises be of such a character, and let those exercises be conducted in such a manner, as to give each section of the class some sense of proprietorship. Let no part of the class feel that they are acting the part of mere spectators. In this way, and in this way only, can Class Day be made successful...
...interest of each section is to be secured only by allowing to that section a representation in the list of class officers. It is not necessary that such representation should be in proportion to the numbers of the section, but it is absolutely necessary that there should be some representation. Nor is it always necessary that the men selected should be apportioned equally among the different sections. Above section, some men belong to the class. Such is notably the case this year. By their success at the oar and bat, the captains of the crew and nine have brought honor...