Word: badness
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...proper understanding between students and faculty is lack of information. There is much printed matter, furnished gratuitously, which is not read. For instance, a student said to the president that the "organization of Memorial was fundamentally vicious, as the steward had an interest in making the board bad, as he got 50 per cent. of every order." This is "fundamentally" wrong. An officer of the Hall did not know that the directors could dismiss the steward without consulting anybody, yet all this is in the "Scheme for carrying on the Hall." Courtesy for other bodies often obliges the faculty...
...else one is forced to wait some ten or fifteen minutes for the hot water to begin flowing. The complaint was brought directly to Dr. Sargent yesterday in view of the possibility of his being able to help matters somewhat. He said that while the authorities fully realized the bad condition of things, that repairs and alterations were continually being made. If, however, those who use the bath-rooms early in the afternoon would only exercise proper care in using the water, there would be much less inconvenience. The water is wantonly left running, men abuse and smash the apparatus...
...collect at Fresh Pond to indulge in the exhilarating game of hockey. There are, however, several drawbacks to the enjoyment of these games. The muckers, who always congregate on the pond in large numbers, are apt to interfere, or at least take part, which is almost as bad. Frequently there is no ball at hand, and a wooden block has to be substituted with very unsatisfactory results; and sometimes the ice is suitable for skating several days before it becomes generally known about college. Now, would it not be a good scheme to start a hockey club? There need...
...second there is always good reason to doubt the ability of the faucets to produce anything but ice-cold or boiling hot water, and frequently one of these is taken from us. It is really a great shame that the condition of affairs in the bathing-room is so bad. If anyone who has any influence which could remedy this trouble chances to see this request we call upon his benevolence to do something to alleviate the evil of which we complain...
...must be able to kick well, very well-kick within a few feet of the point desired-and run well, to win the championship of American colleges; yet running is the offensive play and kicking in most cases is used as the best means of getting out of a bad situation. The kick is almost always a defensive play, and is very much in the nature of a last resort...