Word: suppressing
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...French government proposes to suppress all manifestations on the part of pretenders the throne of France...
...London Daily News understands that one of the masters of Eaton has been required by the head master to suppress his book entitled "Notes of a Tour in Ireland," on pain of dismissal from his position...
...feel called upon to more than mention the numerous lectures and readings which are regularly posted in the weekly calendars, no to expatiate upon the rare opportunities afforded the laziest to receive knowledge without any personal outlay except an hour's attention. But we cannot suppress our astonishment at the meagre audiences which gather to hear the greater part of these readings. Every man who in the future will say he spent four years at college, could reasonably be called upon for some acquaintance, however superficial, with the masterpieces of Greek and Latin literature, and comparatively few of us would...
...They that needlessly frequent the kitchen shall be non plusht by the president" is an old rule of the college, meant, doubtless, to suppress gluttony. On the other hand the following appears among the proceedings of the overseers: "At a meeting of the overseers ye 30 day of ye 3d month For as much as the overseers have been certified that there hath been uncomfortable defects in the diet of the students as also in their lodging: It is ordered that the Corporation speedily inquire into the causes [14] thereof, & take order with the Steward & Treasurer or any other Colledg...
...hazing affairs at other colleges - then we claim that it shows lack of discrimination and of fairness. We entirely agree with that journal, however, when it says, "There should be an active public opinion in college, which, by condemning lawlessness and outrage as unmanly, would tend strongly to suppress them. Rioters within or without college walls must be dealt with by the courts, but it concerns every man who respects his college, to remember that it is a public misfortune to feed the prejudice against colleges as nurseries of disorder, extravagance, and dissipation." An editorial on the same subject...