Word: speake
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Dates: during 1880-1880
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...DEFINITION. "Juno, however, found out the trick that was played upon her, and punished Echo by changing her into an echo, that is, a being with no control over its tongue, which is neither able to speak before anybody else has spoken, nor to be silent when somebody else has spoken." - Smith's Class Dict...
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...PARAGRAPH in the last Advocate declared that there was much dissatisfaction over this change in the order of speaking for the Boylston Prizes, on the ground that the Juniors had been despoiled of the advantages of their rightful position, the last. The reason why the last place should be deemed the better is probably because the judges are believed to be less critical towards the end of the speaking than at the beginning. The change, however, is not so unfair as it may seem. The present Junior class will have their turn at last place next year...
...subject for the next debate in the Harvard Union is, "Resolved, that supposing the Republican and Democratic parties to nominate equally good candidates for the next presidency, it will be for the good of the country that the Democrats should win." Messrs. Quincy and Sewall are to speak on the affirmative; Messrs. Storer, '82, and Washburn, '80, on the regative...
...dares do more is none. So prithee speak...