Word: blackboarding
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...Mahany, who followed for the affirmative, denied most of the statements made by his predecessor. He then touched upon the fearful oppression to which the Irish nation had been subject to at the hands of England for 700 years. By means of statistics written upon the blackboard, he showed that England would lose nothing by surrendering all claim to the control of Ireland...
...cited, which kept the audience in pleasant communion with the speaker. Major Hotchkiss began by stating that there are three things in a campaign that are important. 1. The topography of the field of action. 2. Purposes of campaign. 3. The results. The first was carefully shown upon the blackboard, and the latter two were so ably discussed that the listener came to agree with the lecturer, that Jackson was a great general and that if it were not for his timely strategy, drawing as it did Gen. McClellan's troops from advancing upon Richmond, the Confederacy would have certainly...
There is much complaint among the members of History 4, owing to the examination being written on the blackboard...
...following rather curious piece of composition was placed upon the blackboard at a teacher's institute, and a prize of a Webster's dictionary offered to any person who could read and pronounce every word correctly. The book was not carried off, however, as twelve was the lowest number of mistakes in pronunciation made...
...Every officer is to be voted for separately. All nominations shall be made viva, voce, and shall be recorded on the blackboard by the clerk, but votes cast for persons not so nominated shall be counted. Speeches for or against candidates are unconditionally prohibited...