Word: dangerous
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...danger need be apprehended that the elective would fail for lack of support; for a study whose practical value is actively appreciated is much more earnestly pursued than a purely theoretical one. This is shown by the Law School, where the work of the average student far exceeds that of the same person in college. And particularly ought an elective in law to be given in the Collegiate Department of this University, in whose Law School an elementary knowledge of law is indispensable. It must be acquired before entrance, for no time for it is given afterward, and without...
...straightaway pull of four miles is a race in which chance is far less likely to enter than in a race where a stake-boat must be turned. In such a race, although the separate stakes and the buoying remove the possibility of two crews fouling one another, the danger of fouling the stake is not wanting...
They have done well in pointing out the evils which must of necessity beset those of us who, with blind infatuity, clothe ourselves; in garments made by English tailors; with unerring instinct they have discovered, and with overwhelming force have stated, the danger of having our furniture made on such demoralizing principles as those laid down by Eastlake. But is this enough to reclaim us from the evil of our ways? Are there not many other besetting sins weighing us down that should be corrected, lest we "leave college self-esteemed oligarchs, with neither the power nor the inclination...
...after this that the Faculty took the well-intended but seemingly fruitless measure of placing a fire-extinguisher in every proctor's room. So long as there are rooms which cannot be entered without the aid of a battering-ram and a policeman, so long will there necessarily be danger from fire. In conclusion, we note the curious coincidence that the destruction of Harvard took place at almost the same date, one hundred and twelve years...
...hope that this plan will be successful, and that our college exquisites may thereby be induced to pass their vacations in some more manly way than in dangling about the billiard-rooms and ball-rooms of summer caravansaries. It is only to be regretted that the element of actual danger will be wanting, and therewith half the charm of surmounting hitherto untrodden summits. The London Alpine Club imposes as a condition on all candidates that they shall have ascended to the height of twelve thousand feet above the sea; but it would seem difficult for the Boston club to form...