Word: complaints
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...been noised about that lack of financial support is the cause of the trouble, but there was no complaint of this kind before Saturday's defeat. It is possible that the thought of Princeton's defeating them, and the knowledge that they would likely do it again next year, has something to do with their present proceedings...
Such offences against decency cannot be too severely censured. The Newark men behaved like gentlemen and were entitled to be treated as gentlemen. When so much has been said of the danger of associating with professionals, it is humiliating that the first complaint must be made against college men. The offenses yesterday it is to be presumed, were not intentional but were due to thoughtlessness and the excitement of the close contest. Under such circumstances, if an outlet of pent-up enthusiasm is absolutely necessary it can always be found in cheering the good plays instead of in hooting...
...announcement of the assignment of college rooms for '89-'90 revives the long standing complaint against giving sub-freshmen an equal chance with upper class men in drawing. This year the same grievance exists in an aggravated form. Out of one hundred and forty one rooms, fifty nine, or almost one-half are assigned to '93 men. Some of the best rooms in Hastings and in the yard are drawn by subfreshmen. On the other hand there are many men who have tried for three or four years and have not succeeded in getting into the yard. This is obviously...
...parties ever since the question of adopting a constitution came up. Should indepondence in politics be carried to its full extent, the whole country would be split up into small parties. Mr. Friend cited examples to show the danger of voting against one's party. It is the complaint of Congress today that not enough attention is paid to party...
...placing of the final examination in English C on the Wednesday before class day has aroused a great deal of complaint among members of the junior class. This is a grievance of long standing and has called forth an annual protest for several years past. According to the present arrangement, many juniors get through all their examinations except English before June 10, and are compelled to stay in Cambridge one or two weeks longer than they otherwise would. If it is the object of the faculty to keep them in Cambridge as long as possible it is difficult to understand...