Word: absurd
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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This view of the case seems to us to be the right one. While it is obviously absurd to attribute a great increase like that in the freshman class at Yale last fall solely to Yale's triumphs on the athletic field; yet it seems to us to be taking a one-sided view of the matter to declare that Yale's continued victories have no influence on the number of men who go to that college. True, this influence is only one of many; but where the other attractions would have no effect athletic victories...
...grope slowly along the corridor, learning where to turn by putting his hand on the friendly wall; and after he has rounded the corner and made the door of his room he must again resort to his sense of feeling in order to find the key-hole. It seems absurd that so childish a regulation as this should exist. The college would be doing the students a great kindness if it would allow some lights to be left burining after twelve. We do not ask a brilliant illumination, but only a dim light sufficient to guide...
...soon as the Princeton team saw that the game was lost they resorted to personal remarks in coaching and to all the mean tactics known to base-ball and foot-ball. All this seemed the more absurd when the "rattling" process was started the score...
...knocked to one of our men. Such ungentlemanly and "muckerish" treatment is certainly not to be expected from college men. The Yale nine treated the Harvard team courteously. and it is to be regretted that as much cannot be said of the spectators. The umpiring was simply absurd. The man seemed wholly unfit for his position. Harvard will protest him, and Mr. Fulmer will probably never have an opportunity to umpire another game in the College League. Both teams suffered from his decisions, but Harvard was by far the greater sufferer, His decisions on balls and strikes, and his base...
...coarse caricatures, it is perfectly proper for college authorities to supress it, but in this case there is nothing which can justify the wrath of a faculty to the extent of suspension of those who may refuse to make known the person who drew the cartoon. It seems absurd that college faculties will never look in the right light on drawings in which any of their fellows are depicted, but must always take them in bad part, without reflecting that the last person who would intentionally injure their Alma Mater by placing their president in a compromising light would...