Word: absurd
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...called upon to fill out their inefficient salaries is not so clear. As our correspondent points out, there is no redress for those who employ janitors. It is not at all likely that the Bursar will sympathize with any complaints, and the complainant will thus be placed in an absurd and mortifying position. Whether a man who has held a position in a reformatory institution is well calculated to look after the interests and comfort of gentlemen remains to be seen. If it was this zeal for our interests which induced the Bursar to select such an individual...
...instructor puts every good edition on the reference shelves, many who wish to do work outside are greatly inconvenienced. Students should not be forced to work in the Library; there are many opportunities for working in one's own room, when going over to Gore Hall would be absurd. Again, many of the reserved books are such as one reads in spare moments in the evening; if a book can be taken out for a length of time there are a hundred chances to finish it. It is often impossible to know in the afternoon whether one will want...
...season when a decreased amount of pleasure will be obtained by many others besides churchmen is to neutralize the intention for which it is given. To find fault with giving a vacation after Easter, because Easter is an ecclesiastical institution, and Harvard is an unsectarian college, is almost as absurd as it would be to object to having a vacation at Christmas. Placing a vacation after Easter or at Christmas does not commit the Faculty to the recognition either of Easter or Christmas. These seasons are chosen as times of cheerfulness, when we shall find it pleasantest...
...Class of '79. He was well known as a brilliant scholar, and his misfortune is the result of overwork. This calamity brings forcibly to our minds the sad cases of last year, and once more suggests the danger to which our most ambitious students are liable. The present absurd manner of marking discourages many students from doing hard work; but to those who are dependent on scholarships, and are conscientious enough to elect difficult courses, it offers strong temptation. To such students the lesson of this new calamity cannot be too strongly emphasized...
...well-known fact that the apparatus in our old gymnasium is not what it should be, not what we should expect to find in a well-regulated gymnasium, and the idea of again making use of these old-fashioned fixings is absurd. We want better, and if better is not given us we may as well continue to use our old gymnasium with all its inconveniences...