Word: suppression
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...question for debate at the next meeting of the Union is: "Resolved, that the Government should suppress trusts...
...three questions to be submitted to the Union this evening are: Resolved, That the reasons for the prohibition of Chinese immigration are insufficient; Resolved, That the government should suppress trusts; Resolved, That political campaigns as at present conducted are demoralizing...
...said that every man's character is many-sided, and composed of traits inherited from his ancestors. Many ways have been attempted to bring unity into life. The lowest of these is the impulse of selfpreservation, under which the passions balance one another. A different way is to suppress all intellectual and physical life and develop only the moral. Neither of these methods can, however, lead to unity, for this can only be found in divine faith and a life after the teachings of Jesus...
...audible to every one about. These actions are not only annoying to the instructors, but they are also the cause of much discomfort to every one else in the room. The men who behave thus cannot be aware of the injustice of their conduct, and the one way to suppress such proceedings is for their classmates not to treat the matter so leniently by imputing the disturbances to ignorance and improper training. It is high time that the crudities of the new men have disappeared, and if the atmosphere of the college is not sufficient to bring this to pass...
...their examinations. Some men, over-flowing with the jubilant spirits of youth, have seized this opportunity to "play tricks" on their follows, and have sent them bogus notices of their marks signed with some instructor's name. There is something essentially funny in this playfulness. We can hardly suppress a smile when we think of the sensation experienced by a man who has really earned A and receives notice that his mark is E. The thought of the annoyance to arise from the investigation that will follow, both to him and the instructor, is almost irresistible. However, with a severe...