Word: childish
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...signified her approval of this decision. The question is settled. No amount of newspaper wrangling will after this decision of the convention. If it is any pleasure to Yale to host that she has won the championship, when the world knows she has not, let her enjoy this childish amusement. It does not concern us. When, however, she begins to quote Harvard, and Harvard opinion, a little more regard for the truth must be shown. Princeton undoubtedly prolonged the Thanksgiving game with useless wrangling. Did it ever occur to Yale that she is now doing the same sort of thing...
Meanwhile the Yale and Princeton papers, in a very childish and unreasonable manner, assure their readers that the championship has been virtually won by their respective colleges. No amount of petty discussion and puerile quibbling, however, will alter the decisions of the referee and of the convention in declaring that there is no championship...
...next turned into the kitchen proper. Here we saw the immense brick ovens where all the meats are roasted. One was forcibly reminded of the old fashioned ovens of our grandfathers, which produced such an impression upon our childish fancies. A bakery of no mean proportions is a necessary adjunct. It requires no less than two barrels of flour every day to satisfy our desires for the "staff of life." The huge range, upon which all steaks are broiled, and all orders cooked; the vegetable kettles of enormous capacity, and many other immense contrivances did escape our attention...
...argument that suitable and sufficient changes cannot be made, now, or in future, because the changes made last year did not accomplish all that was hoped for, -this argument, I say, is childish and worthless. For, in the first place, the students now are much better able to judge what changes are needed, and, secondly, changes which last year were almost universally opposed by the students, would this year meet with almost unanimous approval. Let it be remembered, however, that the reason of this opposition last year was not so much because we were unwilling to see changes made...
...wish to treat the Athletic Committee, or the questions at issue between them and the students, in a childish and unreasonable manner. We simply wish the Committee to bear in mind that we represent the thoughtful students who have had practical experience in these matters-experience which the Committee have not enjoyed. We are not prejudiced against the Committee and their work, nor are we blind to existing abuses. But we are the "party of the second part," the ones concerned, and wish to be heard...