Word: childishness
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Some men measure the quality of their loyalty and spirit by the quantity of its effervescence. There are always at least a few men who take the evening before the big games to display a childish enthusiasm at Memorial, by throwing bread and other more substantial missiles...
...bear the brunt of it, with a resulting effect away from democracy instead of toward it; and that whatever doubtful good it may do in opening the eyes of the Freshmen to their own unimportance is more than neutralized in Sophomore year. Its enemies maintain further that it is childish and in every way out of accord with Princeton spirit, while its advocates believe that it is one of the factors which go to make up the individuality and charm of Princeton atmosphere...
...Horsing is based upon the tactical advantage which the Sophomore has over the Freshman. It is therefore a lesson in bullying. Apart from this it is childish and silly, and only serves to bring ridicule on the men who practice it and the institution which tolerates it. The system turns the Freshman in time into a bully, and Princeton does not need the system because there is never any need for a system that is base, cowardly, and immoral." When asked for a substitute he says: "The substitute for being a bully is being a gentleman. The only...
...from distant sections of the country. To both groups the stay in Cambridge will be a very significant event; and it will be well to make their visit a pleasant one. Men who know sub-freshmen should "show them the ropes" to some extent and not assume the ridiculously childish air of undergraduate psuedo-dignity which prejudices the stranger. It may help the sub-freshman to find himself sooner when he comes in, if he can catch a glimpse now of what is and what is not worth while. Let us at least extend courteous hospitality to the visiting "examination...
During the past winter the Lampoon has had serious cause for complaint against certain undergraduates who have resorted to the childish practice of smashing windows in the building, for no other reason, we hope, than that they wanted to get into John's after the restaurant had closed. This happened once last year, and on Tuesday night happened for the fourth time this year. Screening the windows did no good, for the screen was kicked in. The last attempt broke one of the ground floor windows, and looked like thoroughly malicious destruction of property. We feel that...