Word: blame
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...admitted and pays for admission, an earnest remonstrance is necessary. It is the duty of the Athletic Association to see that the men who enter compete. The fault does not lie with the officers of the association altogether, and perhaps not at all. The greater part of the blame certainly falls upon the men who withdraw. If they enter merely to have their names printed in the program, they are influenced by a mean motive; if they back out because they are afraid of some presumably superior athlete, they are influenced by a still meaner motive. They ought...
...unfortunate that discord should have arisen in the Board of Overseers with regard to the methods of instruction at Harvard, yet nothing could be more mis-directed than the blame which Mr. Morse attributes to our instructors in Political Economy. Their method differs in no way from the freedom of spirit and catholicism which characterize all departments of the university. The traditions at the basis of all Harvard instruction do not tolerate the imposition of any one set of views upon the students. The method of the teachers of Political Economy is therefore to call the attention of their students...
...contributions were far from a credit to them as vocalists. The committee are in no wise to blame in the matter as they had every reason to expect a rich treat would be given their patrons and are thoroughly disgusted that the managers of the Harvard Glee club, with whom they contracted for a first class entertainment, and for which they paid a large price, should have sent them a gang of young fellows who if they can sing well did not, and whose deportment behind the curtain and before the footlights was certainly not what is to be expected...
...does not represent by any means the musical abilities of the college." Our desire is to get the best musical ability in college and if we do not secure it we are not to blame for our failure. If men, who consider themselves good musicians do not attend the trials it is not the club's fault but its misfortune. To the best of our judgment we select the men having the best voices and every man has an equal show...
...proceeds of the concert had been turned over to them as agreed. The consequence is that the Pierian has lost the confidence of its creditors. The matter is by no means so trivial as it may seem to the Glee club whose management is in reality deserving the strongest blame. It remains to be seen what reason the Glee club can give for its long-continued neglect...