Word: blame
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...secretaries, and consuls. In state governments we are passing through an era of constitutional conventions. Various changes are urged as more adapted to our present-day conditions, while in city government we note a determination to concentrate power so as to have fewer abuses and to know whom to blame if any occur, and the strong executive type of charter and the commission form of government are being urged, or are already on trial...
...Yale Athletic Association in the persons of its Chairman and Treasurer generously took on itself the blame for the unfortunate position of the five players...
...stories are neither very interesting nor very well very written. The editors as well as the authors are to blame for such mistakes as "Charles Dicken's reputation," "a vastly higher strata," the wrong use of "formula" on page 26, and the sudden change of a character's name from Josh to Amos on page 29. Even if the material handed in afforded no fiction with the snap we are accustomed to expect in Advocate stories, care should be taken to avoid such examples of slovenliness...
...blame for this apparent indifference? The undergraduates have been willing and eager to cheer but there has been no one to lead them. Probably the person whose duty it is to appoint cheer leaders has been ignorant or forgetful of his office. Let Captain Hardwick appoint leaders and the team will soon realize how extensive is its student backing...
...Boston papers are bound to print news of some kind concerning the crews. If misrepresentation occurs, the management has no one to blame but itself. Moreover, it is only fair to those who are interested followers and supporters of the University oarsmen that they be kept informed as far as possible of their development. The crews have nothing to fear from publicity...