Word: blamed
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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School Training to Blame...
...controversy. One would suppose that in undertaking a discussion of the merits of a question to which it attaches such importance, the CRIMSON would at least take pains to verify the facts advanced by it to support its arguments. When it states that "last year Captain Murray . . . was generally blamed by the rowing authorities for the defeat of the University crew at the hands of Yale" it makes a statement that is as unjust as it is untrue. As a matter of fact no other captain in the past few years has received such whole-hearted support and confidence from...
...need of assuming some responsibility for the work of their fellows. It is not necessary to call attention to the culpability of men who, such as these three athletes, have not the character to save themselves; but it is necessary to state that their friends and classmates share the blame with them. Perhaps a policy of making public the names of men on probation would do some good in exerting moral pressure on them...
...been a continued custom for some Yale men to play baseball for their board at the summer camp in question; like most athletes, they had not read the rules, and were ignorant of the fact that they contained a prohibition of this very thing. It is futile now to blame the committee or the captain or anyone else. It is more important to make a fair and not too, harsh settlement of the matter as it stands...
...shortcomings are many; and no alibi for him is possible or wholesome. A total unfamiliarity with names of places and persons prominent in the daily news is inexcusable. But it is too easy in the traditional way to blame the doctor for the condition of the patient. Unfortunately the Faculty cannot pursue the student to his study and guide his mental habits at all times. To jump at the conclusion that it is the instructor fault if history is not learned is more facile than profound...